Research Catalog

Title

Reforming the civil justice system / edited by Larry Kramer.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, c1996.

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Additional Authors

• Kramer, Larry, 1958-
• Institute of Judicial Administration
• Research Conference on Civil Justice Reform in the 1990s (1993 : New York)
• Research Conference on Civil Justice Reform in the 1990s (1993 : New York, N.Y.)

Description

vii, 449 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Justice and judicial administration ; v. 1

Uniform Title

Justice and judicial administration ; v. 1.

Subject

• Justice, Administration of > United States > Congresses
• Courts > United States > Congresses
• Civil procedure > United States > Congresses
• Law reform > United States > Congresses
• Justice, Administration of > United States
• Courts > United States
• Civil procedure > United States
• Law reform > United States

Note

• "Papers ... presented as part of the Institute of Judicial Administration's 'Research Conference on Civil Justice Reform in the 1990s', held in New York on October 15-16, 1993"--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Settlement of litigation: a critical retrospective / Geoffrey P. Miller -- Settlements under joint and several liability / Lewis A. Kornhauser and Richard L. Revesz -- Settlement incentives and joint tortfeasors: a comment on Kornhauser and Revesz / Patrick E. Higginbotham -- Rule 68, fee shifting, and the rulemaking process / Edward H. Cooper -- Settling cases: the lawyer's perspective / Robert N. Sayler -- Rule 68 and settlement dynamics / Larry Kramer -- Implications of Daubert v. Merrell Dow / Rochelle C. Dreyfuss -- A panel discussion of Daubert v. Merrell Dow / Arthur R. Miller -- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals: experts testify on expert testimony / Margaret G. Farrell -- Substance and form in scientific evidence: what Daubert didn't do / Samuel R. Gross.
• Scientific validity, admissibility, and mass torts after Daubert / Joseph Sanders -- Helping jurors determine pain and suffering awards / Oscar G. Chase -- Toward experimenting with juror guidance in valuing pain and suffering damages: building on a decade of verdicts in New York State / Judyth W. Pendell and John R. Evancho -- 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, and George Woodworth -- Proposals for reforming pain and suffering awards / Gary T. Schwartz -- Pain and suffering damages: what are they and can they be measured? / Victor E. Schwartz -- Improving jury decisionmaking: is there really a problem? / Paul D. Rheingold -- Improving jury decisionmaking: damages for pain and suffering / Mark Geistfeld.

ISBN

0814746659 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96010869^

OCLC

34320510

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library