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Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts since 1985

Book by Erik Moller; Rand, 1996

Subjects:

Damages--United States, Law Reform--United States, Verdicts--United States

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...several reasons. Few civil cases reach a jury verdict... Although...cases actually go to juries, those cases still...year; 1 thus, juries decide cases totaling...dollars annually. Jury decisions also establish...of users of the civil justice system...influence. ... but jury verdicts send key...to users of the civil justice system...estimates that juries in the state courts...
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Judging the Jury

Book by Valerie P. Hans; Perseus Publishing, 1986

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Jury--United States

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...and twelve-person juries in states where the attorney could choose the jury size. One of the studies...and twelve-member civil juries in New Jersey Superior...a gamble with smaller juries when the dollar amount...reduced the size of the civil jury beginning in July of...
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We, the Jury: The Jury System and the Ideal of Democracy : With a New Preface

Book by Jeffrey Abramson; Harvard University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Jury--United States, Justice, Administration Of--United States

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...Connecticut, historian Bruce Mann documented a precipitous decline of the civil jury after 1700. At the beginning of the century, civil juries still decided most contested civil cases; by 1745, juries decided 20 percent or fewer cases, depending...
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Stack and Sway: The New Science of Jury Consulting

Book by Neil J. Kressel, Dorit F. Kressel; Westview Press, 2002

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Jury Selection--Psychological Aspects, Jury Selection--Social Aspects, Jury Selection--United States

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...Daniels and J. Martin, Civil Juries and the Politics of Reform...Matlon, "Selecting the Jury: Factors Affecting the Selection...Juror and Jury Judgements in Civil Cases," 294 conclude that...Matters of Money: Voir Dire in Civil Cases," Forensic Reports...
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Judge without Jury: Diplock Trials in the Adversary System

Book by John Jackson, Sean Doran; Oxford University, 1995

Subjects:

Criminal Procedure--Northern Ireland, Jury--Northern Ireland

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...several ironic facets of such jury-centredness which have provided...the actual part played by the jury in the legal process is much...would suggest. Although the jury is viewed by most as the ideal...years been in steady decline. Juries have virtually disappeared from civil proceedings and they are now...

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Journal Articles on: civil juries

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The Bronx "bronx Jury": a Profile of Civil Jury Awards in New York Countries

Journal article by Mary R. Rose, Neil Vidmar; Texas Law Review, Vol. 80, 2002

Subjects:

Civil procedure, Demographics, Juries, Medical malpractice, New York City New York, Products liability, Settlements & damages, Social research, Statistical analysis, United States, Urban areas

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...describing Bronx juries as pro-plaintiff...several anecdotal civil awards from the...race and criminal jury verdicts has been...the attitudes of juries deciding civil cases, with the...beliefs about expected jury behavior, attorneys...entirety of the civil justice system...settlement practices, jury verdicts, as well...the stability of juries behavior and the...
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The Disappearing Civil Jury Trial

Journal article by Joseph W. Ryan; Defense Counsel Journal, Vol. 77, 2010

Subjects:

Civil procedure, Juries, Legal fees, Pretrial discovery, United States

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The Disappearing Civil Jury Trial by Joseph W. Ryan...There is no question that civil jury trials are disappearing...lawyers are comfortable with juries. They have taken enough...the occasions when the jury does wander off the reservation...
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Revisiting the Unanimity Requirement: the Behavior of the Non-unanimous Civil Jury^sup +^

Journal article by Shari Seidman Diamond, Mary R. Rose, Beth Murphy; Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 100, 2006

Subjects:

Behavior, Judges & magistrates, Juries, Legal professions, Litigation, Principles, Psychology, Trials

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...set of 50 civil jury deliberations...evidence from real civil juries of how the decisionmaking...the typical civil jury trial that do not...questions arise for civil juries due to the differences...in criminal and civil cases. The jury in a criminal case...
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California Adopts "plain-english" Civil Jury Instructions

Journal article by James D. Ward; Judicature, Vol. 87, 2004

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Drafting, English language, Instructions to juries, Judicial Council-California, Task forces

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...California Adopts "plain-english" Civil Jury Instructions by James D. Ward...new era of "plain-English" civil jury instructions. Culminating...were written in "legalese." Juries today are required to deal with...these people are being called to jury duty because of new methods...
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Impaneling Multiple Juries in Civil Suits

Journal article by Todd Lochner; Justice System Journal, Vol. 26, 2005

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Federal court decisions, Juries, Litigation

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...Impaneling multiple juries in civil suits, although not...whether judges hearing civil suits against multiple...may impanel multiple juries was considered by the...that "no reasonable jury could find in the plaintiffs...did not believe that a jury could ignore the evidence...he could impanel two juries to sit simultaneously...pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 21 were not...

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Magazine Articles on: civil juries

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Changing the Rules*: Can You Make Jury Service Go Away? and Are You Responsible for the Bag of Tricks on Your Doormat? Let the New Statesman's Legal Expert Solve Your Civil Liberties Dilemmas

Magazine article by Sadakat Kadri; New Statesman, Vol. 135, July 17, 2006

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Civil rights--Interpretation and construction, Civil rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Civil rights--United Kingdom, Jury duty--Laws, regulations and rules

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...Expert Solve Your Civil Liberties Dilemmas...whose hostility to the jury system seems even...the duty. Whereas juries once excluded a colourful...doing your bit for the jury system. ILLUSTRATION...2006). Send your civil liberties and human...
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Juries on Trial

Magazine article by Ken I. Kersch; Public Interest, Winter 2003

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Punitive Damages: How Juries Decide (Book)

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...the judgment of a lay jury. But now tolerance for the involvement of juries in the forward-looking...covered all stages of the civil trial (and, for that...project. Its not the jury alone that can claim...lineage. The power of juries to award punitive damages in civil injury cases has its...American law in which a jury awarded damages above...
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Trial by Jury Is Scourge of U.S. Courts

Magazine article by Richard Grenier; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, December 12, 1994

Subjects:

Jury--Evaluation, Law reform--Analysis, The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...amendments. Trial by jury, indeed, has expanded...only occasionally uses juries - made up of select...India attempted trial by jury and threw it out. Israel...cases there are tried by jury, along with 1 percent of civil suits. British juries, when used, convict...
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Victorian Juries: Roland Quinault Looks at How the Victorians Saw the Old English System of Trial by Jury as a Defining Feature of British Good Government and Fair Play and as an Example to Other Nations. Admiration for the System at Home and Abroad, Though, Contrasted with the Practical Realities Faced by 19th-Century Juries

Magazine article by Roland Quinault; History Today, Vol. 59, May 2009

Subjects:

British history, 1815-1914--Political aspects, Juries--History, Jury--History, Trials--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: History, Entire Library

...that trial by jury had been instrumental...ensuring justice and civil liberties in England. Juries had provided a measure...house and serving on juries. By then, however...opportunities for jury service had been...with respect to civil trials. The 1854...alone and by 1900 juries sat on only half...the High Court. Jury trials remained...criminal cases and some civil actions such as...
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Secret Justice: Grand Juries

Magazine article; News Media and the Law, Vol. 28, Fall 2004

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Grand juries, Investigations, Litigation, Reporters, Subpoenas, United States

Collections: Entire Library

...Secret Justice: Grand Juries Secret Justice: A continuing...certain proceedings, like jury selection. Courts routinely...benefit of the public. Civil proceedings are available...series concerned anonymous juries (Fall 2000), gag orders...in the course of grand jury proceedings, and even...proceedings. It applies to civil - or watchdog -grand juries as well as criminal ones...

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Newspaper Articles on: civil juries

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Civil Jury Fines Rancher in Illegal-Alien Dispute; Suit Accused Arizona Man of Abuse, Emotional Distress

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 25, 2006

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Illegal immigrants, Negligence

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Civil Jury Fines Rancher in Illegal-Alien Dispute...crossing his property has been ordered by a civil jury to pay nearly $100,000 for a 2004...000 damages in a lawsuit sponsored by two civil rights groups, the Border Action Network...
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Dallas Man Killed Father, Civil Jury Finds

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 22, 2002

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Dallas, Texas

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Dallas man killed father, civil jury finds Byline: Hugh Aynesworth, THE WASHINGTON TIMES DALLAS - A Dallas civil jury has decided that an East Texas man...County sheriffs office vowed to study the civil trial evidence.
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Jury Faces Tough Task in Libel Trial Civil Lawsuits Have Much Lower Burden of Proof Than Criminal

Newspaper article by Tona Kunz; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 12, 2006

Subjects:

Thomas, Robert

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...pick the 12-person jury and two alternates...previously have served on juries that went to trial...one of those involved a civil case. That could slow down jury deliberations. As Judge...Public vs. private The jury will face what is arguably...the toughest types of civil trials for juries. The jury also must...
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D.C. Cop Put on Leave after Civil Judgment: Jury Finds He Assaulted Ex-Girlfriend

Newspaper article by Jim Keary; The Washington Times, March 22, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

D.C. cop put on leave after civil judgment: Jury finds he assaulted ex-girlfriend...yesterday, one day after a federal civil jury ruled that he assaulted his...criminal trial but found liable in a civil trial this year for the wrongful...
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The Jury in the Meineke Case Did Nothing Wrong in Applying the Law

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 29, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The jury in the Meineke case...paper ("Dont let juries `send a message...with the excesses of civil juries run amuck and tried...its dealers. The jury, in finding against...get the job done." Civil justice reform is...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: civil juries

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Jury

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...states preserve jury trials for a variety of civil cases. Great Britain has limited the use of civil juries to cases in which...less recourse to the jury and less care in the...jurors. The value of juries in civil trials is disputed...
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Supreme Court, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...executive to modify. However, in civil-rights litigation, the court...areas of criminal procedure and civil liberties were scaled back...the abortion ruling and other civil liberties cases placed the court...the justices found that only juries can make the findings of fact...
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Evidence

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...developed in England for use in jury trials. Today, they are generally...some jurisdictions. The first juries were not neutral triers of fact...testify before an impartial jury. The groundwork of the rules...beyond a reasonable doubt. In civil trials, on the other hand...presentation the criminal or civil defendant may move for acquittal...
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Penal Laws

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Under Henry VIII and Edward VI civil disabilities were imposed on...impossible for Catholics to hold civil offices and imposed severe penalties...restrictive laws. In the English civil war the Catholics sided with...Catholics were tried without juries, and bounties were given to...
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India

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Octavian Hume, retired from the Indian Civil Service, Dadabhai Naoroji , Pherozeshah...which enabled authorities to dispense with juries, and even trials, in dealing with agitators...when the demand was refused, initiated civil disobedience and the Quit India movement...

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