Abstract
Over the last decade there has been a burgeoning of empirical research on civil justice issues. Concern about congestion and delay on civil court calendars has rekindled analysts' interest in explaining civil case processing time.' Claims that the country is awash in litigation have provided support for continuing efforts to measure the number and types of lawsuits filed in state and federal courts2 and to analyze Americans' propensity to litigate.3 Increases in liability insurance premiums have spawned new interest in describing trends in civil jury verdicts4 and modeling litigation processes.5 The spread of alternative dispute resolution procedures has produced a new market for program evaluation research.6 In addition to more research on civil justice questions, there is more interest in using the results of such research. Along with heightened interest has come controversy over the validity of results of different studies, how the studies should be interpreted, and what their implications for policymaking
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