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Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts

This report provides the technical details of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.

Jan 1, 1997
Research Brief

Are Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cost-Effective?

Mandatory minimum sentences are not justifiable on the basis of cost-effectiveness at reducing cocaine consumption or drug-related crime.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money?

The authors of the current study examine mandatory minimum drug sentences from the viewpoint of cost-effectiveness at achieving such national drug control objectives as reducing cocaine consumption and cocaine-related crime.

Jan 1, 1997
Dissertation

Explaining Variation in Personal Injury Jury Awards

Studies of civil jury verdicts have become a prominent part of the research agenda regarding the civil justice system.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive?

This article summarizes RAND's evaluation of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA).

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Differential Treatment of Corporate Defendants by Juries: An Examination of the "Deep-Pockets" Hypothesis

Evidence that juries treat corporate defendants less favorably than individual defendants is often cited in support of the widely held view that juries are biased against wealthy "deep-pocket" defendants.

Jan 1, 1997
Research Brief

Criminal Justice Policies Toward the Mentally Retarded Are Unjust and Waste Money

In most states, that system makes little or no allowance for the disabilities of such offenders, resulting in dispositions that are inequitably harsh and in all likelihood costlier to the public than need be the case.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the Civil Justice Reform Act

The report describes the effects of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) case management principles on time to disposition, costs, and participants' satisfaction and views of fairness.

Jan 1, 1996
Report

An Evaluation of Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Under the Civil Justice Reform Act

The report describes an assessment of the effects of six different alternative dispute resolution (ADR) programs that included mediation and early neutral evaluation.

Jan 1, 1996
Report

Implementation of the Civil Justice Reform Act in Pilot and Comparison Districts

The report traces the stages in the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) implementation: the recommendations of the advisory groups, the plans adopted by the districts, and the plans actually implemented.

Jan 1, 1996
Research Brief

Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the CJRA

Examined the effects of the CJRA's (Civil Justice Reform Ac) case management principles on time to disposition, costs, and participants' satisfaction and views of fairness.

Jan 1, 1996
Report

Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? : An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the Civil Justice Reform Act

This executive summary provides an overview of the purpose of the CJRA (Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990), the basic design of the evaluation, the key findings, and their policy implications.

Jan 1, 1996
Report

Forecasting enrollments during court-ordered desegregation

Forecasting enrollments during court-ordered desegregation

Jan 1, 1996
Report

Drug court or probation? : an experimental evaluation of Maricopa County's drug court

Drug court or probation? : an experimental evaluation of Maricopa County's drug court

Jan 1, 1996
Research Brief

Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts: New Data from 15 Jurisdictions

Makes an empirical contribution to the policy debate over tort reform.

Jan 1, 1996
Report

Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts Since 1985

This report describes all civil jury verdicts reached from 1985 to 1994 in the state courts of general jurisdiction in 15 jurisdictions across the nation and identifies trends in these verdicts.

Jan 1, 1996
Testimony

Improving Jury Comprehension in Criminal and Civil Trials

This publication contains the written statement of Robert MacCoun submitted on July 27, 1995, to the Judiciary Committee of the California State Senate.

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Perceptions of punishment : inmates and staff rank the severity of prison versus intermediate sanctions

Perceptions of punishment : inmates and staff rank the severity of prison versus intermediate sanctions

Jan 1, 1995
Research Brief

Evaluating the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990

The Civil Justice Reform Act (CJRA) of 1990 is rooted in more than a decade of concern that cases in federal courts take too long and cost litigants too much. As a consequence, proponents of reform argue, some individuals are denied access to justice.

Jan 1, 1995
Report

Trends in Patent Litigation: The Apparent Influence of Strengthened Patents Attributable to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Trends in patent litigation : the apparent influence of strengthened patents attributable to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Jan 1, 1995

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Courts

Topic Synonyms:
Bar;
Judiciary;
Tribunal

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