Although the term" empirical research" has become commonplace in legal scholarship over
the past two decades, law professors have in fact been conducting research that is empirical …

Eighty years ago the great American trial lawyer Clarence Darrow observed that:" Jurymen
seldom convict a person they like, or acquit one that they dislike. The main work of a trial …

The last century has seen little change in the conduct of litigation before the United States
Supreme Court. The Court's familiar procedures-the October Term, the opening-answering …

This Chapter reviews research indicating that judges, like most adults, rely too heavily on
intuition while making important decisions. This tendency leaves them vulnerable to using …

The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition, assists judges in managing
cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of …

REVISTA JURIDICA UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO Page 1 REVISTA JURIDICA DE LA
UNIVERSIDAD DE PUERTO RICO Publicada cada dos meses durante el curso acad6mico …

The US Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt
to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus …

Amicus curiae participation is a staple of interest group activity in the US Supreme Court.
While a reasonably large body of scholarship has accumulated regarding the effectiveness …

ABSTRACT T he number of amicus curiae briefs filed at the Supreme Court is at an all-time
high. Most observers, and even some of the Justices, believe that the best of these briefs are …

We address fundamental questions about the ability of interest groups to shape public policy
by examining the influence of amicus curiae briefs on US Supreme Court majority opinion …