When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling … - Anne-Marie Slaughter

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Anne-Marie Slaughter

When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle. ' The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

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