LEGAL 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: United Citizens Party, Political Action Committee, Strict Scrutiny
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Overall: relationships between types of parties and patterns in legal disputes/contests. One-shotters (os): recourse to courts limited and stakes either very high/very low. One shotters: cost is relatively high regardless potential rewards, relative resource (and (and maybe outcome trends) (disincentive to come back in either case) quality lawyer) availability generally lower (though not absolute) Repeat players (rp): recourse to courts common, stakes in any one case relatively low (though not necessarily absolute value), ability to play for rules or long term strategic objectives, relative resource availability generally high (and better lawyers too) Os v. os (less common save for divorce/family): intimate, emotional, failed relationships, outcomes matter more than the rules, at the fringes of law (e. g. use of mediation) defendant) Rp v. os (very common): law centric, routinized, lots of settlements, (e. g. prosecutor - Rp v. rp (less common): organizations seeking rule changes generally - but not always,