Texas
House Civil Justice Committee Interim Study on Arbitration Audio
Texas
House Business and Industry Committee Interim Study on Arbitration AudioThis
is the audio of a hearing held in Austin as part of an interim study. This
interim study was to review trends in the use of binding arbitration requirements
in consumer agreements, with special attention to transactions in which
the consumer has little or no bargaining power.
The Consumer Pitfalls of Binding Arbitration.A
Report by the Texas Watch Foundation. The report raises questions about
the quality of justice delivered through binding arbitration between parties
of different bargaining levels and documents the uneven playing field binding
arbitration offers consumers and citizens seeking justice. (PDF)
Arbitration
costs are so high, many victims are unable to pursue complaints, new Public
Citizen report reveals . Arbitration, although widely billed as
a low-cost alternative to court, is actually far more expensive for consumers
and employees who seek redress for discrimination, fraud and malpractice,
a new Public Citizen report reveals. In fact, arbitration costs are so
high that many people drop their complaints because they canít afford
to pursue them, Public Citizen found.
The Seventh
Amendment A 100 Years of Government Encroachment by Newt Gingrich:"Seen
historically therefore, the Seventh Amendment, the right to trial by jury
in civil cases involving more than $20, is a bulwark of political liberty
rather than a procedural amendment. Its purpose was to provide the citizen
protection against the government. The Founding Fathers included many lawyers
who knew this would make the judicial system slower, more inefficient and
more cumbersome. They saw this as a small price to pay for protecting
freedom from corrupt or tyrannical judges or from powerful or rich persons
with unfair influence."
