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An AI Taxonomy for Criminal Justice: Principled Use of AI in the Criminal Justice System

2026
Bankruptcy and Mass Torts After Harrington v. Purdue

2026
How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research?

2026
Leveraging the Federal Select Agent Program to Oversee Nucleic Acids: Volume 1, Analysis of Opportunities to Control Genomes, Genes, and Gene Fragments Through the Federal Select Agent Program’s Authorities

2026
Los Angeles County Public Defender Attorney Workload Study: Final Report

2026
After the Los Angeles Wildfires: Implications for Risk Mitigation, Compensation, and the Insurance Market

2025
Empirical Tort Law (and Theory): An Essay in Honor of Deborah Hensler

2025
The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

2025
Public Attitudes Toward Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Sharing in Insurance

2024
How the Effects of Racial Bias Compound

2022
Opioid Litigation: What's New, and What Does It Mean for Future Litigation?

2021
Statistical Analysis of Presidential Pardons

2021
The Unrealized Promise of Forensic Science: A Study of Its Production and Use

2021
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance

2020
The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes

2019
Forensic DNA Surveillance Tool

2019
Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the United States, England, and Wales

2019
Hacked Autonomous Vehicles: Who May Be Liable for Damages? An Initial Investigation into How Civil Liability Systems Can Prepare

2019
Holistic Representation: An Innovative Approach to Defending Poor Clients Can Reduce Incarceration and Save Taxpayer Dollars — Without Harm to Public Safety

2019
When Autonomous Vehicles Are Hacked, Who Is Liable?

2019
Measuring Automated Vehicle Safety: Forging a Framework

2018
Rethinking Insurance and Liability in the Transformative Age of Autonomous Vehicles

2018
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers

2016
Fixing Judicial Recusals

2016
The Price of Justice: New National and State-Level Estimates of the Judicial and Legal Costs of Crime to Taxpayers

2016
Measuring How Stock Ownership Affects Which Judges and Justices Hear Cases

2015
Autonomous Vehicle Technology: How to Best Realize Its Social Benefits

2014
The Changing Role of Criminal Law in Controlling Corporate Behavior

2014
License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement: Opportunities and Obstacles

2014
Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning: An Empirical Study of Los Angeles

2013
Comment on Doug Kysar's "What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law"

2012
Compensation for Combat Deaths: Policy Considerations

2012
How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

2012
How Much Should Judges Be Paid? An Empirical Study on the Effect of Judicial Pay on the State Bench

2012
No More Rights Without Remedies: An Impact Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics

2012
Case Weights for Federal Defender Organizations

2011
How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

2011
Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in the United States: An Overview for Policymakers

2011
The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance: A Retrospective

2010
What Happened to No-Fault Automobile Insurance?

2010
The Abuse of Medical Diagnostic Practices in Mass Litigation: The Case of Silica

2009
Diagnostic Abuse in Silica Litigation

2009
Liability and Regulation of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies

2009
Securing Rights for Victims: A Process Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics

2009
Understanding Mass Tort Defendant Incentives for Confidential Settlements: Lessons from Bayer's Cerivastatin Litigation Strategy

2008
The Missing Theory of Variable Selection in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law

2007
The Missing Theory of Variable Selection in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law

2006
Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

1999
Measuring Inter-Judge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

1998

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James M. Anderson — Publications

An AI Taxonomy for Criminal Justice: Principled Use of AI in the Criminal Justice System

Bankruptcy and Mass Torts After Harrington v. Purdue

How Does and Should Tort Liability Affect High-Consequence Life Sciences Research?

Leveraging the Federal Select Agent Program to Oversee Nucleic Acids: Volume 1, Analysis of Opportunities to Control Genomes, Genes, and Gene Fragments Through the Federal Select Agent Program’s Authorities

Los Angeles County Public Defender Attorney Workload Study: Final Report

After the Los Angeles Wildfires: Implications for Risk Mitigation, Compensation, and the Insurance Market

Empirical Tort Law (and Theory): An Essay in Honor of Deborah Hensler

The Quantum Age and Its Impacts on the Civil Justice System

Public Attitudes Toward Risk-Based Pricing and Risk-Sharing in Insurance

How the Effects of Racial Bias Compound

Opioid Litigation: What's New, and What Does It Mean for Future Litigation?

Statistical Analysis of Presidential Pardons

The Unrealized Promise of Forensic Science: A Study of Its Production and Use

Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of Auto Insurance

The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes

Forensic DNA Surveillance Tool

Forensic Familial and Moderate Stringency DNA Searches: Policies and Practices in the United States, England, and Wales

Hacked Autonomous Vehicles: Who May Be Liable for Damages? An Initial Investigation into How Civil Liability Systems Can Prepare

Holistic Representation: An Innovative Approach to Defending Poor Clients Can Reduce Incarceration and Save Taxpayer Dollars — Without Harm to Public Safety

When Autonomous Vehicles Are Hacked, Who Is Liable?

Measuring Automated Vehicle Safety: Forging a Framework

Rethinking Insurance and Liability in the Transformative Age of Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous Vehicle Technology: A Guide for Policymakers

Fixing Judicial Recusals

The Price of Justice: New National and State-Level Estimates of the Judicial and Legal Costs of Crime to Taxpayers

Measuring How Stock Ownership Affects Which Judges and Justices Hear Cases

Autonomous Vehicle Technology: How to Best Realize Its Social Benefits

The Changing Role of Criminal Law in Controlling Corporate Behavior

License Plate Readers for Law Enforcement: Opportunities and Obstacles

Reducing Crime by Shaping the Built Environment with Zoning: An Empirical Study of Los Angeles

Comment on Doug Kysar's "What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law"

Compensation for Combat Deaths: Policy Considerations

How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

How Much Should Judges Be Paid? An Empirical Study on the Effect of Judicial Pay on the State Bench

No More Rights Without Remedies: An Impact Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics

Case Weights for Federal Defender Organizations

How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes

Innovations in the Provision of Legal Services in the United States: An Overview for Policymakers

The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance: A Retrospective

What Happened to No-Fault Automobile Insurance?

The Abuse of Medical Diagnostic Practices in Mass Litigation: The Case of Silica

Diagnostic Abuse in Silica Litigation

Liability and Regulation of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies

Securing Rights for Victims: A Process Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics

Understanding Mass Tort Defendant Incentives for Confidential Settlements: Lessons from Bayer's Cerivastatin Litigation Strategy

The Missing Theory of Variable Selection in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law

The Missing Theory of Variable Selection in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law

Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

Measuring Inter-Judge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines