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fee shifting: a standalone construct

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feeshifting1 CONSTRUCTFee shifting (Civil)SHAVELL · CIVIL PROCEDURE

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Civil procedure

rules on whether the losing party in litigation pays the winner's legal costs, and how this shapes suit, settlement and trial.

In civil procedure, fee shifting refers to rules on whether the losing party in litigation pays the winner's legal costs, and how this shapes suit, settlement and trial. This meaning comes from Shavell (1982) in The Journal of Legal Studies.[1]

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  1. Shavell, S. (1982). Suit, Settlement, and Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs. The Journal of Legal Studies, 11(1), 55-81. https://doi.org/10.1086/467692

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