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Race, Poverty, and American Tort Awards: Evidence From Three Data Sets.
- Source :
- Journal of Legal Studies (0047-2530); Jan2003, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p27, 31p, 9 Charts, 3 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Investigates the impact of the race and income of the jury pool on trial awards in the United States. Overview of poverty torts and jury awards; Mean tort awards by poverty rates; Increase in the average tort award by poverty rate; Density functions for counties with low. medium and high poverty rates; Civil juries and the politics of reform; Determinants and importance of punitive awards.
- Subjects :
- RACE
INCOME
JURY
EXEMPLARY damages
JUSTICE administration & politics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00472530
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Legal Studies (0047-2530)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10033612
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/344560