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The Manipulation Of Legal Remedies To Deter Suits By Survivors Of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Cynthia Grant Bowman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Predictability Of Punitive Damages, Theodore Eisenberg, John Goerdt, Brian Ostrom, David Rottman, Martin T. Wells

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Using one year of jury trial outcomes from 45 of the nation's most populous counties, this article shows a strong and statistically significant correlation between compensatory and punitive damages. These findings are replicated in 25 years of punitive damages awards from Cook County, Illinois, and California. In addition, we find no evidence that punitive damages awards are more likely when individuals sue businesses than when individuals sue individuals. With respect to award frequency, juries rarely award punitive damages and appear to be especially reluctant to do so in the areas of law that have captured the most attention, products liability …

The Cathedral At Twenty-Five: Citations And Impressions, James E. Krier, Stewart J. Schwab

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

It was twenty-five years ago that Guido Calabresi and Douglas Melamed published their article on property rules, liability rules, and inalienability. Calabresi, then a law professor, later a dean, is now a federal judge. Melamed, formerly a student of Calabresi's, is now a seasoned Washington attorney. Their article—which, thanks to its subtitle, we shall call The Cathedral—has had a remarkable influence on our own thinking, as we tried to show in a recent paper.

This is not the place to rehash what we said then, but a summary might be in order. First, we demonstrated that the conventional wisdom …

Property Rules As Remedies, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Litigation Outcomes In State And Federal Courts: A Statistical Portrait, Theodore Eisenberg, John Goerdt, Brian Ostrom, David Rottman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

"U.S. Juries Grow Tougher on Plaintiffs in Lawsuits," the New York Times page-one headline reads. The story details how, in 1992, plaintiffs won 52 percent of the personal injury cases decided by jury verdicts, a decline from the 63 percent plaintiff success rate in 1989. The sound-byte explanations follow, including the notion that juries have learned that they, as part of the general population, ultimately pay the costs of high verdicts. Similar stories, reporting both increases and decreases in jury award levels, regularly make headlines. Jury Verdict Research, Inc. (JVR), a commercial service that sells case outcome information, often is …

Mass Torts And The Rhetoric Of Crisis, John A. Siliciano

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Epstein And Levmore: Objections From The Right?, Emily Sherwin, Maimon Schwarzschild

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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An Essay On Private Remedies, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Why Is Corrective Justice Just?, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Law And Equity In Contract Enforcement, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Constructive Trusts In Bankruptcy, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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An Analysis Of The Cessation Of Contractual Relations, Robert A. Hillman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Keeping The Deal Together After Material Breach--Common Law Mitigation Rules, The Ucc, And The Restatement (Second) Of Contracts, Robert A. Hillman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Accident And Mistake As Grounds For Relief In Equity, Herbert A. St. George

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

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The Growth Of The Equitable Remedy Of Injunction, George Franklin Bailey

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Railroad Receivers, Henry L. Green

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

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Specific Performance Of Land Contracts, James J. Mahoney

Historical Theses and Dissertations Collection

No abstract provided.