Add to ORKGQuantitative research has dominated applied litigation research, but it seems to lack the flexibility needed to link pretrial research to ongoing courtroom events. Participant observation is a methodology which seems more suitable for studying the dynamic environment of a trial. A 6-day civil trial is used to evaluate participant observation reports against pretrial survey analysis and trial simulations. The objective is to show how different methodological approaches converge in the frame of reference which reflects the actual verdict reached in trial
Many attorneys place considerable importance on the jury selection process. In order to more effecti...
This research project seeks to understand the effect of a defendant’s demeanor on the verdict return...
During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and...
Quantitative research has dominated applied litigation research, but it seems to lack the flexibilit...
This article employs the techniques of the social sciences in testing a legal proposition. After set...
Researchers in the behavioral sciences have watched with some pride as the courts have given increas...
Knowing how a judge will react to certain trial techniques in a trial can greatly enhance an attorne...
Combining elements of “response as outcome” studies and “response as process” studies overcomes defi...
THE jury method of trial has long been a popular subject of legal and lay controversy. Ever increasi...
In this article, the way that the jury works is considered from a group-analytic perspective. Obser...
The question of when and how jurors form opinions about evidence presented at trial has been the foc...
During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and...
This article presents a number of case studies involving pre- and mid-trial prejudice in criminal an...
This paper uses a unique data set to examine how parties in civil litigation choose whether to deman...
The civil jury has been under attack in recent years for being unreliable and incompetent. Consideri...
Many attorneys place considerable importance on the jury selection process. In order to more effecti...
This research project seeks to understand the effect of a defendant’s demeanor on the verdict return...
During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and...
Quantitative research has dominated applied litigation research, but it seems to lack the flexibilit...
This article employs the techniques of the social sciences in testing a legal proposition. After set...
Researchers in the behavioral sciences have watched with some pride as the courts have given increas...
Knowing how a judge will react to certain trial techniques in a trial can greatly enhance an attorne...
Combining elements of “response as outcome” studies and “response as process” studies overcomes defi...
THE jury method of trial has long been a popular subject of legal and lay controversy. Ever increasi...
In this article, the way that the jury works is considered from a group-analytic perspective. Obser...
The question of when and how jurors form opinions about evidence presented at trial has been the foc...
During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and...
This article presents a number of case studies involving pre- and mid-trial prejudice in criminal an...
This paper uses a unique data set to examine how parties in civil litigation choose whether to deman...
The civil jury has been under attack in recent years for being unreliable and incompetent. Consideri...
Many attorneys place considerable importance on the jury selection process. In order to more effecti...
This research project seeks to understand the effect of a defendant’s demeanor on the verdict return...
During the past decade, state jury reform commissions, many individual federal and state judges, and...