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Cum. Topical Index - Civil Courts

The Justice System Journal

 


Cumulative Topical Index:

Vols. 1-28 (1974-2007)


Civil Courts, Trials, and Related Policy

Barnes, Jeb, “Rethinking the Landscape of Tort Reform:  Legislative Inertia and Court-Based Tort Reform in the Case of Asbestos,” Vol. 28: 157 (2007).

Bohmer, Carol, “Victims Who Fight Back: Claiming in Cases of Professional Sexual Exploitation,” Vol. 16/3: 73 (1994).

Boyum, Keith O., “A Perspective on Civil Delay in Trial Courts,” Vol. 5: 170 (1979).

Broder, Ivy E., “Characteristics of Million Dollar Awards: Jury Verdicts and Final Disbursements,” Vol. 11: 349 (1986).

Chapper, Joy A., and Roger A. Hanson, “The Attorney Time Savings/Litigant Cost-Savings Hypothesis: Does Time Equal Money?” Vol. 8: 258 (1983).

Chapper, Joy A., and Roger A. Hanson, “Cost-Shifting in Maricopa County Superior Court: An Examination of Rule 37(a)(4),” Vol. 8: 325 (1983).

Church, Thomas W. Jr., “Civil Case Delay in State Trial Courts,” Vol. 4: 166 (1978).

Clarke, Stevens H., and Elizabeth Ellen Gordon, “Public Sponsorship of Private Settling: Court-Ordered Civil Case Mediation,” Vol. 19: 311 (1997).

Connolly, Paul R. J., and Saundra Smith, “The Litigant’s Perspective on Delay: Waiting for the Dough,” Vol. 8: 271 (1983).

Coontz, Phyllis D., “Alimony Awards and the Search for Equity in the No-Fault Divorce Era,” Vol. 18: 103 (1995).

Cromwell, Thomas A., “Canada: Changing Priorities,” Vol. 20: 151 (1999).

Daniels, Stephen, and Joanne Martin, “Don’t Kill the Messenger ‘Till You Read the Message: Products Liability Verdicts in Six California Counties, 1970-1990,” Vol. 16/2: 69 (1993).

Daniels, Stephen, and Joanne Martin, “Jury Verdicts and the ‘Crisis’ in Civil Justice,” Vol. 11: 321 (1986).

Ferrarese, Maria Rosaria, “Civil Justice and the Judicial Role in Italy,” Vol. 13: 168 (1988-89).

Flanders, Steven, “Case Management in Federal Courts: Some Controversies and Some Results,” Vol. 4: 147 (1978).

Fradella, Henry F., “In Search of Meritorious Claims: A Study of the Processing of Prisoner Civil Rights Cases in a Federal District Court,” Vol. 21: 23 (1999).

Galanter, Marc, “The Tort Panic and After: A Commentary,” Vol. 16/2: 1 (1993).

Genn, Hazel, “England and Wales: Have Past Reformers Truly Understood the Cost of Litigation?”  Vol. 20: 163 (1999).

Goerdt, John A., “Explaining the Pace of Civil Case Litigation: The Latest Evidence from 37 Large Urban Trial Courts,” Vol. 14-15: 289 (1991).

Hanson, Roger A., and David B. Rottman, “United States: So Many States, So Many  Reforms,” Vol. 20: 121 (1999).

Henry, John, and Joshua Bayliss, “New Zealand: New Initiatives,” Vol. 20: 171 (1999).

Hensler, Deborah R., “Reading the Tort Litigation Tea Leaves:  What’s Going on in the Civil Liability System?” Vol. 16/2: 139 (1993).

Koenig, Thomas, and Michael Rustad, “The Quiet Revolution Revisited: An Empirical Study of the Impact of State Tort  Reform of Punitive Damages in Products Reliability,” Vol. 16/2: 21 (1993).

Krislov, Samuel, “Afterword” [to a Special Issue on “The Litigation Explosion Debate”], Vol. 11: 360 (1986).

Kritzer, Herbert M., “Public Notification Campaigns in Mass Litigation: The Dalkon Shield Case,” Vol. 13: 220 (1988-89).

Marvell, Thomas B., “Tort Caseload Trends and the Impact of Tort Reforms,” Vol. 17: 193 (1994).

Miller, Arthur R., “An Overview of Federal Class Actions: Past, Present, and Future,”  Vol. 4: 197 (1978).

Neubauer, David W., “Are We Approaching Judicial Gridlock?  A Critical Review of the Literature,” Vol. 11: 363 (1986).

Olson, Susan M., “Federal Multidistrict Litigation: Its Impact on Litigants,” Vol. 13: 341 (1988-89).

Ostrom, Brian J., and Thomas B. Marvell, “The Collapse in Contract Case Filings Since 1991,” Vol. 17: 221 (1994).

Pickerill, J. Mitchell, Review of Gastwirth, ed., Statistical Science in the Courtroom, Vol. 24: 242 (2003).

Planet, Michael D., Saundra Smith, Lynae K. E. Olson, and Paul R. J. Connolly, “Screening and Tracking Civil Cases: A  New Approach to Managing Caseloads in the District of Columbia,” Vol. 8: 338 (1983).

Plett, Konstanze, “Civil Justice and Its Reform in West Germany and the United States,” Vol. 13: 186 (1988-89).

Plotnikoff, Joyce, “The Quiet Revolution: English Civil Court Reform and the Introduction of Case Management,” Vol. 13: 202  (1988-89).

“Review of Legal and Social Science Journals,” Vol. 3:78 (1977); Vol. 4:337 (1979); Vol. 5: 204 (1979); Vol. 5: 313 (1980).

Roper, Robert T., “The Propensity to Litigate in State Trial Courts, 1981-1984, 1984- 1985,” Vol. 11: 262 (1986).

Rubin, Alvin B., “The Managed Calendar:  Some Pragmatic Suggestions About Achieving the Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive  Determination of Civil Cases in  Federal Courts,” Vol. 4: 135 (1978).

Saks, Michael J., “Malpractice Misconceptions and Other Lessons about the Litigation System,” Vol. 16/2: 7 (1993).

Sarver, Tammy A., “Resolution of Bias:  Tort Diversity Cases in the United States Courts of Appeals,” Vol. 28: 183 (2007).

Smith, Christopher E., and John Hurst, “The Forms of Judicial Policymaking: Civil Liability and Criminal Justice Policy,” Vol.  19: 341 (1997).

Stookey, John A., “Economic Cycles and Civil Litigation,” Vol. 11: 282 (1986).

Wasby, Stephen L., “Asbestos Litigation,” Vol. 11: 227 (1986).

Wasby, Stephen L., “Small Claims Court,” Vol. 11: 234 (1986).

Williams, Gwyneth I., “Looking at Joint Custody Through the Language and Attitudes of Attorneys,” Vol. 26: 1 (2005).

Wright, Ted, “Australia: A Need for Clarity,” Vol. 20: 131 (1991).

 

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