Stephen Daniels

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Research Professor

750 N. Lakeshore Drive
4th floor
Chicago, 60611
Phone: (312) 988-6528
Fax: (312) 988-6579

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Wisconsin

Bio

Stephen Daniels is a Senior Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, and an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the…

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Research focus

Law and public policy; components of the U.S. civil justice system; U.S. Supreme Court/Constitutional Law. Research has addressed legal services for the poor, public opinion on the legal system, plaintiff's lawyers, juries, trial courts, and the politics of tort reform, including the areas of medical malpractice, products liability, and punitive damages.

Projects

Legal Services for the Poor: A Supply Side Analysis: Latest finding: Jan 23, 2008, with Joanne Martin; Providing adequate legal services to the poor is a perennial problem. Typically, it is addressed in terms of the amount of unmet demand. Little attention, however, is paid to the supply side of the…
Public Opinion and the Civil Justice System: Latest finding: Jan 22, 2008; What do people think of the civil justice system? This project seeks to answer that question against the backdrop of the politics of tort reform and the changes in the law that have resulted from the…
It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Plaintiff's Lawyers and the Evolution of Tort Law and Practice in Texas: Latest finding: Jan 22, 2008, with Joanne Martin; This project is examining the effects of tort reform on plaintiffs’ lawyers’ practices through a study of the impact of a series of major tort reforms recently enacted in Texas.…