Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform (American Bar Foundation)
Stephen Daniels and Joanne Martin have analyzed patterns in jury verdicts in a number of substantive legal areas, including medical malpractice, products liability, and punitive damages, against the background of the larger political and academic debate over tort reform. Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform brings together and summarizes the authors'extensive empirical research on civil jury verdicts in the context of that debate. Some commentators are arguing that there is a substantial gap between the image of juries and civil justice that is driving tort reform and what is known of the reality of the civil justice system. The authors use their discussion of juries not simply to help inform the policy debate but to analyze tort reform as a public policy issue for what it tells about the policy process itself.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0810111217
ISBN13:9780810111219
Release Date:August 1995
Publisher:Northwestern University Press
Length:318 Pages
Weight:1.43 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform
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An independent research arm of the American Bar Association supported these two authors to gather and investigate available info [aka empirical data] about civil jury verdicts to see if the data supports claims made by those advocating radical reform of the system. They conclude that info does not support the claims of the advocates of change and reveal how "tort reform" is a political agenda based upon exploitation of fears fueled and funded by a coalition of insurance interests, big business and the republican right.
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