Veritatem Facientes In Caritate

I had two main critiques of Blocking the Courthouse Door. First of all, I thought it was overly political in it's tone and rhetoric (I know, the cover should have been a hint). However, I think the arguments the author made could have been made just as easily without the political bent. Secondly, I thought that there could have been more endnotes. For instance, there were a couple of times where the author mentioned a state court holding and I felt like checking the case, but the book offered no citation.

That having been said, I still enjoyed this book. It seems like the tort reform movement is the only side of the debate in the public ear. There are very good reasons that go right to the heart of our government structure for why tort reform is a bad idea. However, they tend to be lost on non-lawyers (and many lawyers as well) because it involves a basic understanding of legal concepts, particularly torts and civil procedure. I think Mencimer did a good job of laying out the argument in terms a layperson can understand.