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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > law and society > law and political science > civil litigiousness
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > law and courts > law and society > law and political science > civil litigiousness

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civil litigiousness  

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  • Litigiousness is not a new subject, with the word appearing already in the seventeenth century. Litigiousness suggests an eagerness to go to law, perhaps even a fondness for the legal process. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Litigiousness, Civil]

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