Law Outlines Modern American Remedies 4th Ed. Laycock Outlines
This is an outline for Remedies and the book "Modern American Remedies" 4th Edition by Douglas Laycock. I am at UVA Law and Laycock was my professor, this outline encompasses both his lectures and his book....
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We do not hold people in contempt for failing to pay money judgments. Can send them to collections, but cannot be sent to jail for failure to pay (except in child support cases)
Big Picture Q: How much power do we invest in the judge to enable her to deal with people’s refusal to comply vs. how much risk of abuse by concentrating so much power in a single official
Government by Injunction Debate: Contempt power can be used to multiply penalties far beyond what legislature has proscribed (definitely apparent in Bagwell). Using contempt power to magnify legislature created penalties is part of the controversy here.
RULE: Refusal to comply with a specific order of the court (i.e. an injunction) is contempt of Court
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How much abuse will we risk to get how many bad guys?
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