When a society tends to be hasty in bringing lawsuits, it is said to be
litigious
litigious society/culture We live in an increasingly litigious society. The litigiousness of many patients makes insurance for doctors extremely expensive. A litigious society created an increased need for litigation masters, while local magistrates had to rely ever more heavily on private secretaries.
The United States is already the most litigious society in the world. We spend about 2.2 percent of gross domestic product, roughly $310 billion a year, or about $1,000 for each person in the country on tort litigation, much higher than any other country. This includes the costs of tort litigation and damages paid to victims. About half of this total is for transactions costs — mostly legal fees.
I can imagine other professions in the Congress engaging in similar protectionism of an imperfect status quo in their respective fields. It’s access to data and statistics that facilitate this necessary scrutiny in analyzing conscious and unconscious biases of legislators.
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