Civil Juries and Civil Justice Psychological and Legal Perspectives

Civil Juries and Civil Justice Psychological and Legal Perspectives / edited by Brian H. Bornstein, Richard L. Wiener, Robert Schopp, Steven L. Willborn.

From Merck to McDonald’s to Firestone, high-profile tort cases inspire high-powered tort reform debate. Simultaneously they fuel public perceptions of spurious claims and outlandish awards, while fostering professional perceptions of an unwieldy legal system. The contributors to Civil Juries and Civ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bornstein, Brian H. (Editor), Wiener, Richard L. (Editor), Schopp, Robert (Editor), Willborn, Steven L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Psychology.
Civil procedure.
Psychology—Methodology.
Psychological measurement.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Crisis, What Crisis? Perception and Reality in Civil Justice
  • Crisis, What Crisis? Perception and Reality in Civil Justice
  • Approaches To Studying Civil Juries
  • What’s the Story?
  • Civil Juries in Ecological Context: Methodological Implications for Research
  • What is the Study of Jury Decision Making About and What Should it be About?
  • The Relationship between Compensatory and Punitive Damages
  • Crossing the Punitive-Compensatory Divide
  • The Relation between Punitive and Compensatory Awards: Combining Extreme Data with the Mass of Awards
  • Damages as Metaphor: A Commentary
  • Medical Injuries And Medical Evidence
  • Faking It? Citizen Perceptions of Whiplash Injuries
  • Reflections on Juryphobia and Medical Malpractice Reform
  • How Juryphobia and Fears of Fraudulent Claims Disserve Medical Malpractice Reform Efforts
  • Apologies And Restorative Justice
  • Apologies and Civil Justice
  • Can We Talk?
  • Constructs of Justice: Beyond Civil Litigation
  • Signs for the Future of Civil Justice Research.

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