Bland, Quirk, and Sheldon - brilliant theorists and practictioners - have written the indispensable guide for combating abuses of mandatory arbitration.
They show why arbitration agreements hidden inside boxes or stuffed inside bills - alongside ads for kitty litter deodorizers and twenty-seven blade camp knives - are enforced by courts. They also offer the best available guide to keeping a case in court and before a jury.
The practicing lawyer can use the exhaustive case citations to shape a case. The consumer advocate can plumb the text and cited materials to fashion policy arguments to limit abuse of the Federal Arbitration Act, a statute which was never meant to apply to consumer disputes at all.
The book is set out in an easy to read format, and an extensive index makes it easy to pinpoint topics.
Someone should buy 535 copies and ship one to each member of Congress.

What is the matter with this man? If he dislikes Paul Newman so much, why did he even bother to spend time and energy to write this book? Perhaps he should just take out an ad in the newspaper to show the world his disdain for the actor. This biography is by far the worst, most subjective of all the biographies I have ever read. Please stay away from this book, whether you're a Paul Newman fan or not. If you're a fan, you will most likely want to call up the author and demand an explaination and perhaps moeny back for the crap you've just read. If you're not Paul's fan, you shouldn't even read this book because it is full of personal prejudice and thin evidence.

If you are looking for an objective account of Paul Newman's life and work stay far away from this book. Quirk takes every chance to discredit Newman's acting ability and personality. At the begining of each paragraph, you begin to anticipate another stab at Newman and without fail it would come in one form or another. Quirk over and over again reveals his disdain for the actor when he should of been more concerned with the facts and the story.

Quirk, the author of more than 20 film-star biographies, reveals a Newman that might be unfamiliar to his adoring fans. Book reveals something of Newman's dark side and takes a sharp look at his acting as well. Hard-hitting and not written for members of Newman's cult following. A must-have for the Newman completist.