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Full-Text Articles in Law
The Role Of "Stories" In Civil Jury Judgments, Reid Hastie
The Role Of "Stories" In Civil Jury Judgments, Reid Hastie
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
A brief review of psychological theories of juror decision making is followed by an introduction to "explanation-based" theories of judgment. Prior empirical studies of explanation-based processes in juror decision making are then reviewed. An original empirical study of jurors' judgments concerning liability for punitive damages is presented to illustrate the explanation-based approach to civil decisions.
Jury Trial Techniques In Complex Civil Litigation, Ronald S. Longhofer
Jury Trial Techniques In Complex Civil Litigation, Ronald S. Longhofer
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Ronald Longhofer, an experienced litigator, discusses the challenges inherent in trying a complex civil case to a jury. He explores aspects of complex litigation that often impede jurors from effectively hearing such cases. In conclusion, he suggests litigation techniques which have proved successful in overcoming such obstacles and effectively translating complex evidence to jurors.
The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The Views Of Trial Participants, Judges, And Jurors, Valerie P. Hans, Paula L. Hannaford, G. Thomas Munslerman
The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The Views Of Trial Participants, Judges, And Jurors, Valerie P. Hans, Paula L. Hannaford, G. Thomas Munslerman
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In 1995, the Arizona Supreme Court reformed the jury trial process by allowing civil jurors to discuss the evidence presented during trial prior to their formal deliberations. This Article examines and evaluates the theoretical, legal, and policy issues raised by this reform and presents the early results of afield experiment that tested the impact of trial discussions. Jurors, judges, attorneys, and litigants in civil jury trials in Arizona were questioned regarding their observations, experiences, and reactions during trial as well as what they perceived to be the benefits and drawback of juror discussions. The data revealed that the majority of …
Jury Trials In The Heartland, Stephen E. Chappelear
Jury Trials In The Heartland, Stephen E. Chappelear
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In this Article, Stephen Chappelear draws on his study of civil jury trials in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, Ohio. He concludes that trial by jury results in justice. Despite the popular belief that juries are modern day Robin Hoods, empirical data suggests that their verdicts are lower than commonly believed.
Creating A Seamless Transition From Jury Box To Jury Room For More Effective Decision Making, Annie King Phillips
Creating A Seamless Transition From Jury Box To Jury Room For More Effective Decision Making, Annie King Phillips
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Why am I writing here? I am not a judge or lawyer, and I may never be. I don't even play one on TV. In searching for an answer to this question, it came to mind that at sometime in everyone's life, there is a need to enter the court system-as a victim, offender, witness, court staff or juror. The interactions among these persons impact the effective administration of justice in our court system. Every two years for the past eighteen years (like the tick of a clock), I am summoned to jury duty at either the District of Columbia …
Financing Plaintiffs' Lawsuits: An Increasingly Popular (And Legal) Business, Susan Lorde Martin
Financing Plaintiffs' Lawsuits: An Increasingly Popular (And Legal) Business, Susan Lorde Martin
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
In the late eighties and early nineties there were a few publicized cases in which the plaintiffs invited investors to finance their litigation in exchange for a share of the awards if the plaintiffs won. This kind of arrangement provides access to the justice system which might otherwise be denied impecunious plaintiffs with meritorious claims. The problem with this kind of arrangement is that it is champerty, which is prohibited in most states. This Article discusses Massachusetts' recent rejection of the champerty prohibition, the expansion of exceptions to the prohibition in this country and others, and the emergence of firms …
Trial Practice And Procedure, C. Frederick Overby, Jason Crawford, Teresa T. Abell, Matthew E. Cook
Trial Practice And Procedure, C. Frederick Overby, Jason Crawford, Teresa T. Abell, Matthew E. Cook
Mercer Law Review
This survey period yielded several notable decisions covering the professional malpractice affidavit/pleading requirement, renewal actions, attorney-client relations, and the summary judgment standard. Refinements in the areas of insurance practice, jury qualifications, releases, default judgment, and privileges lend important guidance to practitioners, judges, and scholars in the area of trial practice and procedure. The most significant legislative development of trial practice and procedure addressed the longstanding "vanishing venue" doctrine.
Constitutional Law -- Due Process Clause -- Third Circuit Holds That $50 Million Punitive Damages Award In Context Of A $48 Million Compensatory Award Is Unconstitutionally Excessive -- Inter Medical Supplies, Ltd. V. Ebi Medical Systems, Inc., 181 F.3d 446 (3d Cir. 1999)., A. Benjamin Spencer
Faculty Publications
In 1996, the Supreme Court, in BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, struck down a punitive damages award on the ground that it was "grossly excessive" in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment . Since BMW, many courts have faced the challenge of applying its principles to determine whether punitive damages awards surpass the constitutional limit. Last June, in Inter Medical Supplies, Ltd. v. EBI Medical Systems, Inc., the Third Circuit faced this difficulty when it considered whether a $50 million punitive damages award, granted in conjunction with a $48 million compensatory damages award, was …
The Influence Of Race In School Finance Reform, James E. Ryan
The Influence Of Race In School Finance Reform, James E. Ryan
Michigan Law Review
It would be an exaggeration to say that school finance reform is all about race, but largely in the same way that it is an exaggeration to say that welfare reform is all about race. Like welfare reform, the controversy generated by school finance litigation and reform has, on the surface, little to do with race. Battles over school funding, which have been waged in nearly forty state supreme courts and at least as many state legislatures, instead appear to be over such issues as the redistribution of resources, retaining local control over education, and the efficacy of increased expenditures. …
A Defense Of Analogical Reasoning In Law, Emily Sherwin
A Defense Of Analogical Reasoning In Law, Emily Sherwin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This Article defends the practice of reasoning by analogy on the basis of its epistemic and institutional advantages. The advantages identified for analogical reasoning include that it produces a wealth of data for decisonmaking; it represents the collaborative effort of a number of judges over time; it tends to correct biases that might lead judges to discount the force of prior decisions; and it exerts a conservative force in law, holding the development of law to a gradual pace. Notably, these advantages do not depend on the rational force of analogical reasoning. Rather, the author contends that, as open-ended reasoning …
How Much Justice Hangs In The Balance? A New Look At Hung Jury Rates, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
How Much Justice Hangs In The Balance? A New Look At Hung Jury Rates, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Reports of apparent increases in the number of hung juries in some jurisdictions have caused concern among policy makers. A 1995 report by the California District Attorneys Association cited hung jury rates in 1994 that exceeded 15 percent in some jurisdictions (the rates varied from 3 to 23 percent across the nine counties for which data were available). In 1996, the District of Columbia Superior Court reported a higher-than-expected hung jury rate of 11 percent. Why juries hang at these rates isn't clear, but some commentators have claimed that hung juries are the product of eccentric or nullifying holdout jurors …
Rules Of Appellate Advocacy: An Australian Perspective, Michael Kirby
Rules Of Appellate Advocacy: An Australian Perspective, Michael Kirby
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
A justice of Australia's highest court gives advice to appellate advocates. The essay begins with an overview of Australia’s judicial structure. The discussion then focuses on ten rules for appellate advocacy.
Oral Argument’S Big Challenge: Fielding Questions From The Court, Jason Vail
Oral Argument’S Big Challenge: Fielding Questions From The Court, Jason Vail
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article contains advice for handling questions during oral argument .
Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 23(F): Interlocutory Appeals Of Class Action Certification Decisions, Kenneth S. Gould
Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure 23(F): Interlocutory Appeals Of Class Action Certification Decisions, Kenneth S. Gould
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
This article discusses the significance of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f). The article's review of Rule 23(f) includes the importance of class certification decisions and appellate review of certifications, historical imitations on appellate review of certifications, rationale for allowing appeal of interlocutory certification, operation of rule 23(f), the first application of the rule, and prospects of Rule 23(f) achieving its goals.
Trial Practice And Procedure, Philip W. Savrin, Robert W. Capobianco
Trial Practice And Procedure, Philip W. Savrin, Robert W. Capobianco
Mercer Law Review
This Article surveys the 1998 decisions of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals that have a significant impact on issues relating to trial practice and procedure.
II. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
III. JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES
IV. PREEMPTION
V. ABSTENTION
VI. APPELLATE JURISDICTION
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
Appellate Practice And Procedure, William M. Droze, Andrea L. Siedlecki
Appellate Practice And Procedure, William M. Droze, Andrea L. Siedlecki
Mercer Law Review
Appellate practice and procedure often dictates the resolution of cases presented for review. Although procedural rules are not implemented in a vacuum, and the particular facts and legal questions raised by each case necessarily determine their application, an analysis of appellate practice provides a valuable tool in assessing judicial trends by portraying the judicial character in a manner that transcends the peculiar circumstances of a given case.
An evaluation of recent appellate practice reveals an increased emphasis on judicial economy and efficiency. During 1998, the Eleventh Circuit appeared aware of the necessity of providing practitioners, parties, and lower courts with …
Attorney-Client Privilege: Continuing Confusion About Attorney Communications, Drafts, Pre-Existing Documents, And The Source Of The Facts Communicated , Paul R. Rice
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Second Look At Amended Rule 11 , Theodore C. Hirt
A Second Look At Amended Rule 11 , Theodore C. Hirt
American University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Pinochet And International Human Rights Litigation, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
Pinochet And International Human Rights Litigation, Curtis A. Bradley, Jack L. Goldsmith
Michigan Law Review
The British House of Lords recently considered whether Augusto Pinochet was subject to arrest and possible extradition to Spain for alleged acts of torture and other egregious conduct carried out during his reign as Chile's head of state. The Law Lords held that a large majority of the charges against Pinochet were not proper grounds for extradition under British law. They also held, however, that Pinochet could potentially be extradited for alleged acts of torture committed after Britain's 1988 ratifica· tion of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In reaching this latter conclusion, …
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions Affected By Fcc Regulation: An Economic Approach, John C. Quale, Brian D. Weimer
Legal Opinions In Corporate Transactions Affected By Fcc Regulation: An Economic Approach, John C. Quale, Brian D. Weimer
Federal Communications Law Journal
In 1996, a subcommittee of the Federal Communications Bar Association published a report on legal opinion practice in corporate transactions involving FCC licensees (the FCBA Report). The FCBA Report, although inspired by the American Bar Association’s Legal Opinion Accord and Guidelines (the Accord), deviated from the Accord in many important respects. The FCBA Report likewise is at variance with the recent report of the TriBar Opinion Committee (the TriBar Report), which presents a comprehensive treatment of customary legal opinion practice. Given recent developments in case law expanding the liability of lawyers to third parties for their …
Shopping For Judges: An Empirical Analysis Of Venue Choice In Large Chapter 11 Reorganizations, Theodore Eisenberg, Lynn M. Lopucki
Shopping For Judges: An Empirical Analysis Of Venue Choice In Large Chapter 11 Reorganizations, Theodore Eisenberg, Lynn M. Lopucki
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
For almost two decades, an embarrassing pattern of forum shopping has been developing in the highly visible world of big-case bankruptcy reorganization. Forum shopping--defined here as the act of filing in a court that does not serve the geographical area of the debtor's corporate headquarters--now occurs in more than half of all big-case bankruptcies. Two jurisdictions have attracted most of the forum shoppers. During the 1980s, when a large portion of the shopping was to New York, the lawyers involved asserted that New York was a natural venue because of its role as the country's financial capital and because so …
Comments On Rooker-Feldman Or Let State Law Be Our Guide, Jack M. Beermann
Comments On Rooker-Feldman Or Let State Law Be Our Guide, Jack M. Beermann
Faculty Scholarship
I feel privileged to have been asked to be a commentator on the three principal papers in this symposium. These are three excellent papers, and although there has been some valuable commentary on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, there will be no need to go beyond these papers to gain a full appreciation of the doctrine, its applications, and its problems, which run as deep as the problems of any doctrine.
Multiple Conceptions Of Case Rounds, Alan Minuskin
Multiple Conceptions Of Case Rounds, Alan Minuskin
Alan D. Minuskin
No abstract provided.
Criminal Fraud , Ellen S. Podgor
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
Akron Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
The Bad News About Good Faith For Excess Um Carriers, Robert L. Tucker
Robert L Tucker
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Jtaa Editors
Front Matter, Jtaa Editors
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
No abstract provided.
Employment Contracts After O'Brien V. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.: An Open Door For Failure-To-Promote Claims, David A. A. Brown, Margaret H. Paget
Employment Contracts After O'Brien V. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.: An Open Door For Failure-To-Promote Claims, David A. A. Brown, Margaret H. Paget
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
No abstract provided.
Masthead, Jtaa Editors
Masthead, Jtaa Editors
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
No abstract provided.
The Case Of John Salvi: Ethical Binds When Representing The Incompetent Defendant, Gregory Brown
The Case Of John Salvi: Ethical Binds When Representing The Incompetent Defendant, Gregory Brown
Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
No abstract provided.