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Under Common Good Publications, you will find recent op-eds, speeches, resource binders and fact sheets from Common Good; you will also find recent polls commissioned by Common Good and conducted by prestigious polling firms like Harris Interactive and Public Agenda.

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The most recent selections from each category are below.

Common Good Publications

Op-ed: Judges Should Take Back Their Authority
Philip K. Howard, The Huffington Post, June 14, 2007

Common Good Chair Philip K. Howard points to two lawsuits as examples of what's gone wrong with American justice. To take back control of the courtroom, judges need to draw the line on who can sue for what.

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Poll: Americans Do Not Trust the Legal System
Harris Interactive, June 27, 2005

A new survey commissioned by Common Good and conducted by Harris Interactive among American adults has found that only 16 percent of those surveyed trust the legal system to defend them against baseless claims. Fifty-four percent do not trust the legal system, and 30 percent are not sure.

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Speech: The Social Cost of Tort Liability
Lord Leonard H. Hoffmann, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA, June 27, 2005

Lord Hoffmann, a Member of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, gave the keynote address at Common Good's Lawsuits and Liberty conference at the National Constitution Center.

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Resource binder: The Effects of Law on Public Schools
A CG Law and Education Resource Binder

Compiled for Common Good's forum entitled, "Is Law Undermining Public Education?"

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Fact sheet: Trends in American Justice

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Other Sources

Book: Books by CG Chair Philip K. Howard
Read The Collapse of the Common Good: How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines our Freedom, by CG Chair Philip K. Howard. Also check out his national bestseller, The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America.

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Link: AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies

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Study/report: Examining the Work of State Courts, 2005
National Center for State Courts' Court Statistics Project, 2006

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