George W. Jarecke and Nancy K. Plant present a selection of cases across a broad spectrum of American law to demonstrate that our society relies inappropriately on the legal system to cure ills the system was not designed to address.Jarecke and Plant note that while we in the United States worry considerably about the problem of individual assumption of responsibilitywhether for personal mistakes, financial setbacks, or pure bad luckwe appear uneasy about the concept and unclear about what it means on a daily basis. Not only are we incapable of accepting personal responsibility; we barely...