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Dec. 7, 2006
Preventing Abuse of Tort Litigation Means Fixing Laws
FORUM COLUMN - By Michael A.S. Newman - In the middle ages, before standing armies became common, European sovereigns often hired mercenary armies to fight their internecine wars.
Forum Column
By Michael A.S. Newman
In the middle ages, before standing armies became common, European sovereigns often hired mercenary armies to fight their internecine wars. Between wars, these mercenaries, habituated to pillage and rapine, would turn to terrorizing the towns that had hired them or else would force the payment of tribute in exchange for leaving the inhabitants and their pr...
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