Center for Justice & Democracy
Encyclopedia
Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D) is a non-profit, non-partisan consumer rights organization exclusively dedicated to educating the public about the importance of the U.S. civil justice system and fighting tort reform
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staff attorney Joanne Doroshow, with the help of other consumer advocates, including Mr. Nader.
CJ&D has published numerous studies and White Papers as well as fact sheets on a variety of civil justice issues. CJ&D has presented testimony before Congress and state legislatures, and has helped organize press events advocating the rights of injured consumers and patients.
Tort reform
Tort reform refers to proposed changes in common law civil justice systems that would reduce tort litigation or damages. Tort actions are civil common law claims first created in the English commonwealth system as a non-legislative means for compensating wrongs and harm done by one party to...
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Organization and history
The Center for Justice & Democracy was founded in 1998 by former Ralph NaderRalph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....
staff attorney Joanne Doroshow, with the help of other consumer advocates, including Mr. Nader.
CJ&D has published numerous studies and White Papers as well as fact sheets on a variety of civil justice issues. CJ&D has presented testimony before Congress and state legislatures, and has helped organize press events advocating the rights of injured consumers and patients.