The idea of public reason, as I understand it,'belongs to a conception of a well ordered
constitutional democratic society. The form and content of this reason-the way it is …

Major approaches to law and public policy, ranging from law and economics to the
fundamental rights approach to constitutional law, are based on the belief that the …

In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system,
and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in …

Because most of the public has little direct experience with the justice system, public
knowledge and views of law and the legal system are largely dependent on media …

Pity the civil jury, seen by some as the sickest organ of a sick system. Yet the jury has always
been controversial. 1 In America even before 1800, New York canal builders, perceiving …

That there is widespread discontent with the tort system is surely an understatement. Most
public discourse takes it as axiomatic that the system is seriously flawed and needs to be …

Although reports of the death of the peremptory challenge have been greatly
exaggerated,'the debate about its continuing vitality rages on, both in the academy and in …

As a consequence of the right to trial by jury guaranteed by the Seventh Amendment to the
Constitution, actions for medical negligence in the United States are tried by jury. The use of …

On November 30, 1992, the US Supreme Court granted certiorari in TXO Production Corp. v.
Alliance Resources Corp. 1 to review the constitutionality of a punitive damages award that …

In this chapter, the author emphasizes that contemporary legends of are not confined to the
political right, nor are academic credentials proof against gullibility. He then looks at the …