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The 'global rise of judicial power' has been called one of the most significant developments in late twentieth and early twenty-first-century politics. In this book, Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke examine the political consequences of 'judicialization' - the growing reliance on courts, rights and litigation in public policy - by analyzing the field of injury compensation, in which judicialized and bureaucratized programmes operate side-by-side.

Torts --- Damages --- Compensation (Law) --- Products liability --- Vaccines --- Personal injuries --- Disability insurance --- Asbestos --- Government policy --- Law and legislation --- Biologicals