The absence typically of a sufficient deterrent

这样对无事实根据的诉讼
a sufficient deterrent to unfounded lawsuits

缺乏足够的威慑力
has helped to crowd court calendars.

让法庭的日程表爆满
Time spent in jury selection,

时间花在了选择陪审团上
which didn't take any time at all of course in Athens,

当然雅典完全不在这上面花时间
and wrangling over legal technicalities stretches out still further,

也浪费在了法律术语的激辩上
a process that has no time limit.

那是一个毫无时间限制的过程
It is not uncommon for participants in a lawsuit

在美国诉讼的当事人
to wait for many years before coming to trial.

在审讯前等上几年是很常见的
Sometimes the plaintiff has died before his case gets to court.

有时候原告在案件开庭之前就死了
Not everyone is convinced that

人们不确信
the gain in the scrupulous protection of the participant's rights

依靠日益错综复杂的法律程序