>ahem ::cough:: litigation is an American contribution to modern civilization

Don't blame that on us. The ancient Greeks and Romans were quite prolific in their use of the court system. The Greek playwright Aristophanes even wrote a play called Wasps as a parody of Greek juries:

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0044&layout=&loc=1
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