Reforming the civil justice system / edited by Larry Kramer.
1996
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Title
Reforming the civil justice system / edited by Larry Kramer.
Published
New York : New York University Press, [1996]
Copyright
©1996
Call Number
KF8700.A75 R44 1996
ISBN
0814746659
Description
vii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)34320510
Note
"Papers ... presented as part of the Institute of Judicial Administration's 'Research Conference on Civil Justice Reform in the 1990's, held in New York on October 15-16, 1993."--Preface.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1
Pt. I
Pre-Trial: The Dynamics of Settlement
Settlement of Litigation: A Critical Retrospective / Geoffrey P. Miller
13
Settlements Under Joint and Several Liability / Lewis A. Kornhauser Richard L. Revesz
38
Settlement Incentives and Joint Tortfeasors: A Comment on Kornhauser and Revesz / Patrick E. Higginbotham
104
Rule 68, Fee Shifting, and the Rulemaking Process / Edward H. Cooper
108
Settling Cases: The Lawyer's Perspective / Robert N. Sayler
150
Rule 68 and Settlement Dynamics / Larry Kramer
153
Pt. II
Trial: Science in the Courts
Implications of Daubert v. Merrell Dow / Rochelle C. Dreyfuss
162
A Panel Discussion of Daubert v. Merrell Dow / Arthur R. Miller
173
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals: Experts Testify on Expert Testimony / Margaret G. Farrell
213
Substance and Form in Scientific Evidence: What Daubert Didn't Do / Samuel R. Gross
234
Scientific Validity, Admissibility, and Mass Torts After Daubert / Joseph Sanders
280
Pt. III
Post-Trial: Improving Jury Decisionmaking
Helping Jurors Determine Pain and Suffering Awards / Oscar G. Chase
339
Toward Experimenting with Juror Guidance in Valuing Pain and Suffering Damages: Building on a Decade of Verdicts in New York State / Judyth W. Pendell John R. Evancho
363
Additur/Remittitur Review: An Empirically Based Methodology for the Comparative Review of General Damages Awards for Pain, Suffering, and Loss of Enjoyment of Life / David C. Baldus John C. MacQueen George Woodworth
386
Proposals for Reforming Pain and Suffering Awards / Gary T. Schwartz
416
Pain and Suffering Damages: What Are They and Can They Be Measured? / Victor E. Schwartz
425
Improving Jury Decisionmaking: Is There Really a Problem? / Paul D. Rheingold
429
Improving Jury Decisionmaking: Damages for Pain and Suffering / Mark Geistfeld
431
Contributors
437
Index
439