At last here is an empirical volume that addresses head on the thorny issue of tort reform in the US Ongoing policy debates regarding tort reform have led both legal analysts and empirical researchers to reevaluate the civil jury s role in meting out civil justice Some reform advocates have called for removing certain types of more complex cases from the jury s purview; yet much of the policy debate has proceeded in the absence of data on what the effects of such reforms would be In addressing these issues this crucial work takes an empirical approach relying on archival and experimental data It stands at the vanguard of the debate and provides information relevant to both state and national civil justice systems
