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No-Fault Automobile Insurance's Fall from Popularity Caused by Increased Medical Costs
No-fault automobile insurance, once seen as a way to limit court costs and lower premiums, has declined in popularity among both insurers and consumers because it largely has failed to accomplish either goal.
Feb 2, 2010
Research Brief
Diagnostic Abuse in Silica Litigation
This brief analyzes the factors that led to the exposure of widespread abuse in the diagnoses in thousands of silica injury claims in Texas, then suggests ways to uncover such abuses in mass personal-injury litigation more easily in the future.
Dec 4, 2009
Report
Securing Rights for Crime Victims Through National Clinics
The National Crime Victim Law Institute's victims' rights clinics have pushed the envelope of victims' rights in their state courts and are beginning to fulfill the intentions of their architects and funders.
Dec 4, 2009
Report
The Abuse of Medical Diagnostic Practices in Mass Litigation: The Case of Silica
Silica inhalation injury claims skyrocketed beginning in 2001, prompting concerns that silicia litigation would become a mass tort. It instead collapsed following the uncovering of abusive diagnostic practices, which can be decreased or even prevented if changes in several areas of litigation procedures are pursued.
Nov 13, 2009
Report
A synthesis of literature on the effectiveness of community orders
The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending.
Jan 10, 2008
Dissertation
From the Outside In: Shaping the International Criminal Court
Assess current U.S. policy regarding the International Criminal Court and discusses the effectiveness of other, perhaps more robust, policies.
Aug 14, 2007
Report
Class Actions Against Insurers Rose Prior to Recent Reforms
The number of class action lawsuits filed against insurance companies in the United States increased sharply during the 1990s prior to the passage of the federal Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.
May 12, 2007
News Release
Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money, RAND Study for CSG Justice Center Finds
March 1, 2007 news release: Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money, RAND Study for CSG Justice Center Finds.
Mar 1, 2007
Report
Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money
Special courts that sentence people with mental illness who are convicted of misdemeanors and low-level felonies to treatment instead of jail have the potential to save taxpayers money.
Feb 22, 2007
Journal Article
The Efficacy of the Rio Hondo DUI Court: A 2-Year Field Experiment
This study reports results from an evaluation of the experimental Rio Hondo driving under the influence (DUI) court of Los Angeles County, California.
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
The Missing Theory of Variable Selection in the Economic Analysis of Tort Law
The Article argues that the economic analysis of tort law has yet to satisfactorily answer a critical threshold question: which of the many inputs that lead to an accident should be included in a court's liability analysis?
Jan 1, 2007
Journal Article
Is the Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness of a Driving-Under-The-Influence Court
The authors assessed the cost-effectiveness of the Rio Hondo driving-under-the-influence (DUI) court.
Jan 1, 2006
Report
“Low-Level” Drug Offenders Often Had Serious Criminal History
Voter-approved initiatives in Arizona and California have diverted low-level drug offenders from prison and jail. However, many of those imprisoned before the initiatives were approved were more serious criminal offenders than the “low-level” label implies.
Jun 7, 2005
Report
Asbestos-Related Claims Exceed 730,000, Cost More than $70 Billion
Claims for asbestos injuries have risen sharply since the 1990s and total more than 730,000 through 2002. At least 8,400 defendants have paid more than $70 billion on the litigation, 42 percent of which has gone to claimants.
May 9, 2005
Journal Article
Making the Crime Fit the Penalty: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion Under Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
This paper empirically documents one way in which prosecutorial discretion may be used to dampen the effects of mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
Jan 1, 2005
Report
Capping Non-Economic Awards in Medical Malpractice Trials: California Jury Verdicts Under MICRA
Assesses the impact of MICRA’s limits on plaintiffs’ awards and attorneys’ fees on final judgments in medical malpractice cases
Dec 17, 2004
Report
Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact
The impacts of Measure 11 on crime and its prosecution in Oregon.
Dec 13, 2004
Report
Compensation for Losses from the 9/11 Attacks
To understand how the losses created by 9/11 differ from those following natural disasters and other catastrophic events, researchers examined the benefits going to those who were killed or seriously injured in the 9/11 attacks and benefits to individuals and businesses in New York City that suffered losses from the attack on the World Trade Center.
Nov 2, 2004
Report
Our Courts Ourselves: How the Alternative Dispute Resolution Movement Is Reshaping Our Legal System
Offers a critical perspective on the evolution of alternative dispute resolution.
Jan 1, 2004
Report
Science in the Court: Is There a Role for Alternative Dispute Resolution?
Science in the Court: Is There a Role for Alternative Dispute Resolution?
Jan 1, 2004

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Courts

Topic Synonyms:
Bar;
Judiciary;
Tribunal

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