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Establishing a Good-Faith Defense to Punitive-Damage Claims
Argues that if the main purpose of punitive damages in product liability cases is to deter conduct that results in unsafe consumer products, the threat of punitive damages ought to be better targeted at the conduct of senior management, ...
Jan 1, 2000
Report
Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? : An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the Civil Justice Reform Act: A Summary
The Judicial Conference and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts asked the RAND Institute for Civil Justice to evaluate the implementation of the Civil Justice Reform Act in ten pilot districts.
Dec 31, 1999
Report
Analyzing Discovery Management Policies: RAND Sheds New Light on the Civil Justice Reform Act Evaluation Data
To evaluate the effects of the Civil Justice Reform Act (CJRA) of 1990, the RAND Institute for Civil Justice was asked to look at implementation of certain case management policies in ten pilot districts.
Dec 31, 1999
Journal Article
Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
This paper evaluates the impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity, which is defined as the differences in average nominal prison sentence lengths for comparable caseloads assigned to different judges.
Apr 1, 1999
Report
Class Action Dilemmas: Pursuing Public Goals for Private Gain, Executive Summary
Class action lawsuits — allowing one or a few plaintiffs to represent many who seek redress — have long been controversial.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Do we need an empirical research agenda on judicial independence?
Do we need an empirical research agenda on judicial independence?
Jan 1, 1999
Testimony
Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Other Federal Enforcement Programs
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 1999.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Goal Conflict in Juror Assessments of Compensatory and Punitive Damages
Recent tort reform debates have been hindered by a lack of knowledge of how jurors assess damages. Two studies investigated whether jurors are able to appropriately compartmentalize compensatory and punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1999
Journal Article
Measuring Inter-Judge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
This paper evaluates the impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity, which is defined as the differences in average nominal prison sentence lengths for comparable caseloads assigned to different judges.
Dec 1, 1998
Report
Are mandatory minimum drug sentences cost-effective?
Are mandatory minimum drug sentences cost-effective?
Jan 1, 1998
Report
Discovery Management: Further Analysis of the Civil Justice Reform Act Evaluation Data
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States asked RAND to conduct further analyses of the CJRA evaluation data to see if additional light could be shed on discovery management.
Jan 1, 1998
Report
The real world of tort litigation
The real world of tort litigation
Jan 1, 1998
Report
Product Liability, Punitive Damages, Business Decisions and Economic Outcomes
This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.
Jan 1, 1998
Research Brief
Punitive Damage Awards in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts
To provide an empirical basis for the ongoing debate about punitive damages, the authors drew on the ICJ's jury verdict database to conduct the first close analysis of trends and patterns in punitive awards for financial injuries.
Jan 1, 1997
Testimony
Punitive Damages and Financial Injury Jury Verdict
This publication contains the written statement of Stephen Carroll delivered on June 24, 1997, to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate.
Jan 1, 1997
Report
Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts: Executive Summary
This report is the executive summary 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
Report
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

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