Issues

Why Juries?
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Medical Malpractice...By the Numbers
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Checks and Balances on Punitive Damages
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Why the Tort System is Important
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CJRG Member Recent Publications

• Marc Galanter and Susan Steingass, Civil Justice in Wisconsin: A Fact Book, With Commentary University of Wisconsin School of Law (April 2009)

• Hyman, David A., Black, Bernard S., Silver, Charles M. and Sage, William M., Estimating the Effect of Damages Caps in Medical Malpractice Cases: Evidence from Texas (February 26, 2009). The Journal of Legal Analysis, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 355-409, 2009; U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. 07-16; U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 106; 2nd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper.

• Lewis, Harold S. and Eaton, Thomas A., The Contours of a New FRCP, Rule 68.1: A Proposed Two-Way Offer of Settlement Provision for Federal Fee-Shifting Cases, (December 2008). UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-012.

• Black, Bernard S., Hyman, David A. and Silver, Charles M., The Impact of Early Settlement Offers: Evidence from Texas Medical Malpractice Cases (October 2008). U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 130; U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper; 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers LE08-014.

• Michael L. Rustad, Everyday Law for Consumers, Paradigm Publishers (June 2008)

• Frank M. McClellan, The Vioxx Litigation: A Critical Look at Trial Tactics, the Tort System, and the Roles of Lawyers in Mass Tort Litigation, 57 DePaul L. Rev. 509 (March 2008)