RAND Institute for Civil Justice

Featured Research

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  Civic Education

  The RAND Institute for Civil Justice: 40th Anniversary Reflections

  Nov 6, 2019

  Rich @michaeldrich

  The RAND Institute for Civil Justice (ICJ) has supplied government and private decisionmakers and the public with the results of objective, empirically based, analytic research. In this era of Truth Decay, the diminishing role of facts and analysis in public life, the ICJ's mission and research have never been more important.

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  Victim Compensation Programs

  The Benefits and Drawbacks of Early Assistance After Disasters

  Nov 14, 2019

  Pace, et al.

  After human-made disasters, early assistance from potentially responsible parties can sometimes fill gaps that are not always addressed by NGOs and first responders. But is providing such assistance a good strategy in terms of reducing future litigation or improving public opinion?

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  Autonomous Vehicles

  Who's Responsible When Your Car Gets Hacked?

  Oct 23, 2019

  Cars are becoming "fast, heavy artificial intelligences on wheels," a RAND report cautions, and that means they're becoming vulnerable. Potentially billions of dollars ride on the question of who has the legal responsibility to keep hackers from grabbing the wheel or cutting the brakes.

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  Insurance

  Content Analysis of Cyber Insurance Policies: How Do Carriers Price Cyber Risk?

  Apr 30, 2019

  Romanosky, et al.

  The market for insuring against data breach losses has grown rapidly in the past decade, but little is known about how insurers price cyber risk. An analysis of cyber insurance policies filed with state insurance commissioners provides important information about how carriers understand and price cyber risks.