Bibliography
Neil Vidmar
Forthcoming
- Fairness Through Guidance: Jury Instruction on Punitive Damages, 2 Charleston Law Review (forthcoming)
Books
- American Juries: The Verdict (Prometheus Books, 2007) (with Valerie P. Hans)
- Judging the Jury (1986, 2d ed. 2001) (with V. Hans).
- World Jury Systems (2000) (ed.).
- Medical Malpractice and the American Jury: Confronting The Myths About Jury Incompetence, Deep Pockets, And Outrageous Damage Awards (1995).
- Privacy and Two-Way Cable Television: A Study of Canadian Public Opinion (1983).
- Psychology and the Law: Research Frontiers (1976) (ed. with G. Bermant & C. Nemeth).
- Role Assignment and Attitudinal Commitment as Factors in Negotiation (1965) (with J. McGrath).
Articles and Essays
- Affidavit submitted in Fowler v. Dowland, No. S07A0342 (Supreme Court of Georgia, March 29, 2007)
- Amicus Brief on behalf of Respondent in Mason. v. Home Hardware, No. S07A1486 (Supreme Court of Georgia, December 2007)
- Was He Guilty as Charged? An Alternative Narrative Based on the Circumstantial Evidence From 12 Angry Men, 82 Chicago-Kent Law Review 691-710 (2007) (with Sara Sun Beale, Erwin Chemerinsky & James E. Coleman, Jr.)
- "Judicial Hellholes:" Medical Malpractice Claims, Verdicts, and the "Doctor Exodus" in Illinois, 59 Vanderbilt Law Review 1309-1342 (2006) (with Kara MacKillop)
- Brief of Neil Vidmar et al. Amici Curiae in support of Respondent, Phillip Morris, Phillip Morris USA v. Williams, 127 S.Ct. 1057 (2007)
- Medical Malpractice Litigation and Tort Reform in Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2006)
- Million Dollar Medical Malpractice Cases in Florida: Post-Verdict and Pre-Suit Settlements, 59 Vanderbilt Law Review 1343-1381 (with Kara MacKillop & Paul Lee)
- Trial By Jury Involving Persons Accused of Terrorism or Supporting Terrorism, in Law & Psychology 318-337 (Belinda Brooks-Gordon & Michael Freeman eds., 2006)
- When Jurors Talk About Their Verdict, in Jury Ethics: Juror Conduct and Jury Dynamics 237-245 (John Kleinig & James P. Levine eds., 2006)
- Expert Evidence, The Adversary System, and the Jury, 95 American Journal of Public Health S137-S143 (Suppl. 1, July 2005)
- Juries Around the Globe, 5 Insights on Law & Society 7-10 (Winter 2005)
- Medical Malpractice and the Tort System in Illinois: Report to the Illinois State Bar Association (Report to the Illinois State Bar Association, May, 2005)
- Medical Malpractice Lawsuits: An Essay on Patient Interests, The Contingency Fee System and Social Policy, 38 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1221-1271 (2005)
- Uncovering the 'Invisible' Profile of Medical Malpractice Litigation: Insights from Florida, 54 DePaul Law Review 315-354 (2005) (with others)
- Experimental Simulations and Tort Reform: Avoidance, Error and Overreaching in Sunstein et al.’s 'Punitive Damages', 53 Emory Law Journal 1359-1403 (2004).
- Jurors and Juries, in Blackwell Companion to Law and Society 195-211 (Austin Sarat ed., 2004) (with Valerie P. Hans).
- The Amercian Civil Jury for Ausländer (Foreigners), 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 95-120 (2003). Special Issue in honor of Herbert L. Bernstein.
- Asserted But Unproven: A Further Response to the Lindgren Study's Claim that the American Bar Association's Ratings of Judicial Nominees Are Biased, 19 Journal of Law & Politics 177-202 (2003) (with Michael J. Saks).
- Inside the Jury Room: Evaluating Juror Discussions During Trial, 87 Judicature 54- 58 (Sept-Oct, 2003) (with Shari Diamond, Mary Rose, Leslie Ellis, and BethMurphy).
- Juror Discussions During Civil Trials: Studying an Arizona Innovation, 45 Arizona Law Review 1-82 (2003).
- When All of Us Are Victims: Juror Prejudice and 'Terrorist' Trials, 78 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1143-1178 (2003).
- The Bronx "Bronx Jury": A Profile of Civil Jury Awards In New York Counties, 80 Texas Law Review 1889-98 (2002) (with Mary R. Rose).
- Case Studies of Pre-and Mid-trial Prejudice in Criminal and Civil Litigation, 26 Law & Hum. Behav. 73 (2002).
- Juries and Lay Assessors in the Commonwealth: A Contemporary Survey, 13 Criminal Law Forum 385-407 (2002).
- Legal Perceptions of Science and Expert Knowledge, 8 Psychology, Public Policy & Law 139 (2002) (with Joseph Sanders and Shari Diamond).
- Listening to Jurors and Asking Them Questions, Trial Briefs, August 2002, at 9.
- Retributive Justice: Its Social Context, in The Justice Motive in Everyday Life 291 (2002) (M. Ross and D.T. Miller, eds.).
- Juries, in 2 Legal Systems of the World 800 (2002) (Herbert M. Kritzer ed.).
- A Flawed Search for Bias in the American Bar Association's Ratings of Judicial Nominees: A Critique of the Lindgren / Federalist Society Study, 17 Journal of Law & Politics (2001) (with Michal J. Saks).
- Review of Jury Systems Abroad Can Provide Helpful Insights into American Practices, 73 N.Y. St. B.J 23 (2001).
- Juries and Expert Evidence, 66 Brook. L. Rev. 1123 (2001) (with Shari Seidman Diamond).
- Jury Room Ruminations on Forbidden Topics, 87 Va. L. Rev. 1857 (2001) (with Shari Seidman Diamond).
- Punitive Damages by Juries in Florida: In Terrorem and In Reality, 38 Harv. J. on Legis. 487 (2001).
- Juries and Expert Evidence, 66 Brooklyn Law Review 1121-1180 (2000) (with Shari Seidman Diamond).
- The Origin and Outcome of an Amicus Brief, in Kumho Tire v. Carmichael (1999), 24 Law & Hum. Behav. 383 (2000).
- Retribution, in Justice and Legal Institutions (Joseph Sanders & V. Lee Hamilton eds., 2000).
- Juries Don't Make Legal Decisions! and Other Problems: A Critique Of Hastie et al. on Punitive Damages, 23 Law & Hum. Behav. 705 (1999).
- Maps, Gaps, Socio-legal Scholarship and the Tort Reform Debate, in Social Science, Social Policy and the Law 170 (A. Sarat et al. eds., 1999).
- Foreword: The Common Law Jury, Law & Contemp. Probs., Spring 1999, at 1.
- The Canadian Criminal Jury: Searching for a Middle Ground, Law & Contemp. Probs., Spring 1999, at 141.
- Jury Awards for Medical Malpractice and Post-Verdict Adjustments of Those Awards, 48 DePaul L. Rev. 265 (1998) (with Felicia Gross and Mary Rose).
- The Performance of the American Civil Jury: An Empirical Perspective, 40 Ariz. L. Rev. 849 (1998).
- Generic Prejudice and the Presumption of Guilt in Sex Abuse Trials, 21 Law & Hum. Behav. 5 (1997).
- Should We Rush to Reform the Criminal Jury? Consider Conviction Rate Data?, 80 Judicature 286 (1997) (with others).
- Pretrial Prejudice in Canada: A Comparative Perspective on the Criminal Jury, 79 Judicature 249 (1996).
- How Many Words for a Camel? A Perspective on Judicial Evaluation of Social Science Evidence, in Filtering and Anaylzing Evidence in an Age of Diversity (1995).
- The Impact of Pretrial Publicity on Jurors: A Study to Compare the Relative Effects of Television and Print Media in a Child Sex Abuse Case, 18 Law & Hum. Behav. 507 (1994) (with James R. P. Ogloff).
- Pap and Circumstance: What Jury Verdict Statistics Tell Us About Jury Behavior and the Tort System, 28 Suffolk U. L. Rev. 1205 (1994).
- Are Juries Competent to Decide Liability in Tort Cases Involving Scientific/Medical Issues? Some Data from Medical Malpractice, 43 Emory L.J. 885 (1994).
- Making Inferences about Jury Behavior from Jury Verdict Statistics: Cautions about the Lorelei's Lied, 18 Law & Hum. Behav. 599 (1994).
- Damage Awards and Jurors' Responsibility Ascriptions in Medical Versus Automobile Negligence Cases, 12 Behav. Sci & L. 149 (1994) (with others).
- Frank A. Sloan, et al., Suing for Medical Malpractice, 77 Judicature 330 (1994).
- Assessments of Non-Economic Damage Awards in Medical Negligence: A Comparison of Jurors with Legal Professionals, 78 Iowa L. Rev. 883 (1993) (with Jeffrey J. Rice).
- The "Culture of Battering" and the Role of Mediation in Domestic Violence Cases, 46 SMU L. Rev. 2117 (1993) (with others).
- Empirical Evidence on the "Deep Pockets" Hypothesis: Jury Awards for Pain and Suffering in Medical Malpractice Cases, 43 Duke L.J. 217 (1993).
- The Reversal Arbitration Board: An ADR Model for Resolving Intra-Corporate Disputes, 1994 J. Disp. Resol. 93 (with Shari Diamond, Mary Rose, Leslie Ellis, and BethMurphy).
- Procedural Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution, 3 Psych. Sci. 224 (1992).
- The Unfair Criticism of Medical Malpractice Juries, 76 Judicature 118 (1992), reprinted in 27 Trial Law. F. 5 (1993) and in Trial Talk, June 1993, at 18, and in Trial Law. Q., Summer 1993, at 9.
- Toyota's Arbitration Board: A Conflict Resolution Model for Intra-Corporate Disputes, 11 Alternatives 44 (1993) (with others).
- Verfahrensgerechtigkeit und Alternative Konfliktbewaltigung, Zeitschrift fur Rechts-Soziologie, June 1993, at 35.
- Peter Duff, et al., Juries: A Hong Kong Perspective, 2 Asia Pac. L. Rev. 110 (1993).
- Battered Woman Syndrome Evidence in the Courtroom: A Review of the Literature, 16 Law & Hum. Behav. 273 (1992) (with Regina A. Schuller).
- Jury Determined Settlements and Summary Jury Trials: Observations about Alternative Dispute Resolution in an Adversary Culture, 19 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 89 (1991) (with Jeffrey Rice).
- Panel Three: The Roles of Juries and the Press in the Modern Judicial System, 40 Am. U.L. Rev. 597 (1991) (with others).
- Social Science Evidence and Data, in Forensic Evidence in Canada (Gary M. Chayko, et al. eds., 1991).
- Gedragswetenschappelijk bewijs: een overzicht, in De Menselijke Factor: Psychologie voor Juristen 83 (P. van Koppen and H. Crombag eds., 1991) (with P. van Koppen).
- Medical Malpractice Juries, Duke L. Mag., Summer 1991, at 8.
- The Aftermath of Injury: Cultural Factors in Compensation Seeking in Canada and the United States, 25 Law & Soc'y Rev. 499 (1991) (with Herbert M. Kritzer & W.A. Bogart).
- To Confront or Not to Confront: Measuring Claiming Rates in Discrimination Grievances, 25 Law & Soc'y Rev. 875 (1991) (with Herbert M. Kritzer & W.A. Bogart).
- The American Jury: Twenty-Five Years Later, 16 Law & Soc. Inquiry 401 (1991) (with Hans).
- Problems and Experience with the Ontario Civil Justice System: An Empirical Assessment, in Access to Civil Justice: Bridges and Barriers 1 (A. Hutchinson ed., 1990) (with W.A. Bogart).
- Appendix: Exemplary Damage Claims in Ontario: An Empirical Profile, 16 Can. Bus. L.J. 262 (1990).
- The Origins and Consequences of Procedural Fairness, 15 Law & Soc. Inquiry 877 (1990) (reviewing E. Lind & T. Tyler, The Social Pyschology of Procedural Justice).
- Foreword: E mpirical Research and the Issue of Jury Competence, 52 Law & Contemp. Probs. 1 (1989)
- Juries and Expert Evidence: Social Framework Testimony, Law & Contemp. Probs., Autumn 1989, at 133 (with Regina A. Schuller).
- Assessing the Impact of Statistical Evidence: A Social Science Perspective, in The Evolving Role of Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts 279 (S. Fienberg ed., 1989).
- Empirical Research on Offers of Settlement: A Preliminary Report, Law & Contemp. Probs., Autumn 1988, at 13 (with Thomas D. Rowe, Jr.).
- Seeking Justice: An Empirical Map of Consumer Problems and Consumer Responses in Canada, 26 Osgoode Hall L.J. 757 (1988).
- Assessing the Effects of Case Characteristics and Settlement Forums on Dispute Outcomes and Compliance, 21 Law & Soc'y Rev. 155 (1987).
- Consumer Complaints and the Ontario Business Practices Act: An Empirical Study, 24 U. W. Ont. L. Rev. 83 (1987) (with Joseph Samuels).
- Individual Differences and the Pursuit of Legal Rights: A Preliminary Inquiry, 11 Law & Hum. Behav. 299 (1987) (with Regina A. Schuller).
- The Mediation of Small Claims Disputes: A Critical Perspective, in 1 Research on Negotiation in Organizations (M. Bazerman et al. eds., 1986).
- The Legal System as Social: A Review of Lempert and Sanders' "An Invitation to Law and Social Science, 234 Science 93 (1986).
- Juror Prejudice: An Empirical Study of a Challenge for Cause, 22 Osgood Hall L.J. 487 (1984) (with Julius Melnitzer).
- The Small Claims Court: A Reconceptualization of Disputes and an Empirical Investigation, 18 Law & Soc'y Rev. 515 (1984).
- Jury Selection, in The Psychology of the Courtroom 39 (N. Kerr and R. Bray eds., 1982).
- The Use of Social Science Data in a Change of Venue Application: A Case Study, 59 Can. B. Rev. 76 (1981) (with John W.T. Judson).
- Informed Public Opinion and Death Penalty Attitudes, 23 Can. J. Criminology 43 (1981) (with Tony Dittenhofer).
- Sociopsychological Processes Underlying Attitudes Toward Legal Punishment, 14 Law & Soc'y Rev. 565 (1980) (with Dale T. Miller).
- Adversary Pretrial Procedures and Testimonial Evidence: Effects of Lawyer's Role and Machavellianism, 39 J. Pers. & Soc. Psychol. 320 (1980) (with B. Sheppard).
- Public Opinion, the Death Penalty, and the Eighth Amendment, 1976 Wis. L. Rev. 171 (with A. Sarat).
- Authoritarianism and Recall of Evidence About Criminal Behavior, 9 J. Res. Pers. 147 (1975) (with K. Berg).
- Retributive and Utilitarian Motives and Other Correlates of Canadian Attitudes Toward the Death Penalty, 15 Can. Psychol. 337 (1974).
- Attributing Responsibility for an Accident, 6 Can J. Beh. Sci 112 (1974) (with Crinklaw).
- Archie Bunker's Bigotry: A Study in Selective Perception and Exposure, 24 J. Communication 36 (1974) (with M. Rokeach).
- Effects of Group Discussion on Category Width Judgments, 29 J. Pers. & Soc. Psychol. 187 (1974).
- Opinion Change in a Crisis: Effects of 1970 Canadian Kidnapping Crisis on Political and Ethnic Attitudes, 6 Can. J. Behav. Sci. 199 (1974) (with Sorrenti & Goodstad).
- Testimony Concerning Possible Jury Bias in a Black Panther Murder Trial, 3 J. Applied Soc. Psychol. 19 (1973) (with Rokeach).
- Impact of Events: Short-Term v. Long-Term Effects of a Crisis, 38 Pub. Opinion Q. 271 (1974) (with Sorrentino).
- Public Opinion and the Death Penalty, 26 Stan. L. Rev. 1245 (1974) (with Ellsworth).
