Research Catalog

Title

Civil litigation in the United States, 1977-1979 [electronic resource].

Author

Kritzer, Herbert M., 1947-

Publication

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Felstiner, William L.F.
• Grossman, Joel B.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141035
• National Science Foundation (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79005681
• Sarat, Austin.
• Trubek, David M., 1935-

Summary

The Civil Litigation Research Project, based at the University of Wisconsin Law School, was organized in 1979 to develop a large database on dispute processing and litigation and to collect information on the costs of civil litigation. Data were gathered on topics such as negotiation proceedings, relationship between lawyer and client, and organizations' influence on the outcome of a dispute.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 7994

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 7994.

Subjects

• Arrests
• Legal systems
• Civil law
• Court cases
• Court system
• Criminal justice system
• Civil procedure > United States > Statistics
• Dispute resolution (Law) > United States > Statistics
• Disposition (legal)
• dataset > 1977-1979
• Attorneys
• Plea negotiations

Genre/Form

• dataset – 1977-1979.
• dataset.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on October 14, 2005).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 5 data files + machine-readable documentation (text).

Event (note)

• Date(s) of collection: 1979.
• Time period: 1977-1979.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Kritzer, Herbert M., David M. Trubek, William L.F. Felstiner, Joel B. Grossman, and Austin Sarat. CIVIL LITIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1977-1979 [Computer file]. 3rd ICPSR ed. Madison, WI: Herbert M. Kritzer, David M. Trubek, William L. F. Felstiner, Joel B. Grossman, and Austin Sarat [producers], 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1989.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: (1) United States Department of Justice. Federal Justice Research Program, (2) United States Department of Justice. Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice, (3) United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice, (4) National Institute for Dispute Resolution, and (5) National Science Foundation.
• Grant number: SES-8511622, and SES-8320129.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: LRECL.

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library