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Inside The Black Box: Comment On Diamond And Vidmar, Valerie P. Hans
Inside The Black Box: Comment On Diamond And Vidmar, Valerie P. Hans
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
It is an honor to be invited to comment on the first publication of the Arizona Jury Project, a study of Arizona juries that includes videotaping and analysis of jury room discussions and deliberations. It is a remarkable and unique project, made possible by an unusual confluence of people, places, and events. In an insightful opinion some years ago, United States Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis observed that "[i]t is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments …
The Future Of Civil Justice Reform And Empirical Legal Scholarship: A Reply, Michael Heise
The Future Of Civil Justice Reform And Empirical Legal Scholarship: A Reply, Michael Heise
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Courts In Cyberspace, Theodore Eisenberg, Kevin M. Clermont
Courts In Cyberspace, Theodore Eisenberg, Kevin M. Clermont
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
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Procedure's Magical Number Three: Psychological Bases For Standards Of Decision, Kevin M. Clermont
Procedure's Magical Number Three: Psychological Bases For Standards Of Decision, Kevin M. Clermont
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
So many procedural doctrines appear, after research and teaching, to trifurcate. An obvious example is that kind of standard of decision known as the standard of proof: what in theory might have been a continuum of standards divides in practice into the three distinct standards of preponderance of the evidence, clear and convincing evidence, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Other examples suggest both that I am not imagining the prominence of three and that more than coincidence is at work.
Part I of this essay describes the role of the number three in procedure, with particular regard to standards …