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From the supplier: The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) wants state legislatures to pass a model law designed to proclaim the power of legislators to change common law despite judicial review. The authority for states to do so comes from a legal principle in place since the time of statehood, says Victor Schwartz, a lawyer for ALEC. Judges have been establishing new causes of action for tort cases and rejecting legislative attempts at reform.

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Title: Tort reformers pushing states' legislative power. (American Legislative Exchange Council wants legislatures to reassert dominance in common law)
Author: Steven Brostoff
Publication:National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 9, 1996
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n50 Page: p11(2)

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