Talk:Institute for Legal Reform/Archives/2012

News Release

I added the "news release" template to this. The article says: "ILR advocates comprehensive reforms, not only through changing the laws, but also by changing the legal culture and the legislators and judges that create that culture. The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform is a national campaign, representing the nation's business community, with the critical mission of making America's legal system simpler, fairer, faster." And from their website: "The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) is a national campaign...with the critical mission of making America's legal system simpler, fairer and faster for everyone. Founded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1998 to address the country's litigation explosion, ILR is the only national legal reform advocate to approach reform comprehensively by not only working to change the laws, but also changing the legal climate." (Adversarial Justice by Theodore L. Kubicek (at Google Books) cites an earlier version of the page, containing the "legislators and judges that create that culture" phrase.)

Essentially, this article is dramatically low on content, and high on repeating the organization's website. Regardless of any copyright issues, that's not especially neutral. Tahnan (talk) 13:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Removed Harris Study & Rewrote for Neutrality

The 2008 Harris Study content previously included on this page did not belong in this article. This article is about ILR, not a the methodology or results of a third-party study. As such, I removed the Harris Study content.

I also reorganized and rewrote the article for neutrality. For example, I removed most of the argumentative language taken verbatim from the ILR website. Where such language remained, e.g. ILR's goals, I clarified that the information was quoted from its website.

I also reviewed ILR's website for its major stances on issues, a summary of which I added in another section. However, I was unable to confirm the facts contained in (what is now) the second paragraph of that section, regarding the parallels between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republican/Democratic viewpoints. Casestudent09 (talk) 06:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Stances on Issues Needs Development

At some point, ILR's specific ideology on topics such as arbitration, discovery, privilege, and damage awards should be expanded. The average amounts ILR spends each year on these topics should also be mentioned. Casestudent09 (talk) 07:16, 11 May 2009 (UTC)