Civil Juries and Civil Justice Psychological and Legal Perspectives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bornstein, Brian H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wiener, Richard L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schopp, Robert F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Willborn, Steven L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Civil procedure.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Law and Psychology.; Civil Procedure Law.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.