“A perfect façade?”: transparency, honor and judicial scarce resources

Shnoor, Boaz; Katvan, Eyal

doi:10.1080/09695958.2018.1490295

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“…The information we compiled about the personal stories of serial litigants drew on a number of sources. We searched the courts' databases to identify the names of serial litigants, using the terms "serial plaintiff," "serial petitioner," "vexatious plaintiff," "injunction against further proceedings," "querulous," "querulant," "serial litigant," and the like (for a similar methodology, see Katvan and Shnoor 2018). Thus we managed to identify the names of the most prominent serial litigants (excluding family court) which we will present below.…”

Section: Profile Of the Serial Litigantmentioning

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Katvan¹,

Shnoor

2021

Oñati Socio-Legal Series

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Serial litigants are a well-known phenomenon. This article deals with this phenomenon on two different levels using Israel as a test-case. First, we analyze the impact they have on the judicial system as a whole, and the institutional responses the judicial system uses in order to deal with serial litigants as well as the impact (both positive and negative) such serial litigants have on other litigants. Second, we analyze the personal motives of serial litigants and identify their common denominators, as well as what differentiates them. In this regard the article offers a unique approach by presenting the perspective of serial litigants and the human dimension behind their claims. We then show that serial litigants do not constitute a monolithic group, and suggest that courts have to take the differences between them into account. We further propose the formulation of systemic tools that take into account both the negative and the positive aspects of serial litigants in order to strike a proper balance between the optimal allocation of resources, and the right of access to justice. Es muy conocido el fenómeno de los demandantes en serie. Este artículo se ocupa de dicho fenómeno en dos niveles, utilizando Israel como caso de prueba. Primero, analizamos el impacto de los demandantes en serie en el sistema judicial, y las respuestas institucionales que utiliza el sistema judicial para tratar con los demandantes en serie, así como el impacto, tanto positivo como negativo, que dichos demandantes en serie ejercen entre sí. En segundo lugar, analizamos los motivos personales de los demandantes en serie e identificamos sus denominadores comunes y sus diferencias. A ese respecto, el artículo ofrece un enfoque original, porque presenta el punto de vista de los demandantes en serie y la dimensión humana detrás de sus reclamaciones. Después, mostramos que los demandantes en serie no constituyen un grupo monolítico, y sugerimos que los tribunales deben tomar en cuenta las diferencias entre ellos. Además, proponemos la creación de herramientas sistemáticas que consideren los aspectos positivos y negativos de los demandantes en serie, para así llegar a un equilibrio entre la dotación óptima de recursos y el derecho de acceso a la justicia.

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Section: Profile Of the Serial Litigantmentioning

confidence: 99%