Just before stepping down as a judge on the Connecticut Superior Court, Thomas G. Moukawsher published The Common Flaw: Needless Complexity in the Courts and 50 Ways to Reduce It. Moukawsher admits his guide "gets pretty far down in the weeds." But it is the weeds, he says, "that are choking the litigation-centered humanity out of courts--with snarled complaints, tangled motion practice, choking discovery, smothering trials and stultifying legal rulings." |