Projects

Civil justice

Building on the Arizona Filming Project: Authors: Shari Seidman Diamond, Mary R. Rose, Updated Sep 10, 2008; A variety of studies have been conducted based upon the deliberations of jurors in the 50 civil trials in the Arizona Filming Project. Ongoing studies are focusing on how juries handle comparative…
Condemn-Nation: The Social Psychological Foundations of the Kelo Backlash: Authors: Shari Seidman Diamond, Janice Nadler, Updated Jan 23, 2008; This project seeks to understand and explain the extreme public reaction to the Kelo case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that governments are permitted to force the sale of private property…
Optimizing the Jury Instruction Process: Authors: Shari Seidman Diamond, Elizabeth L. Murphy, Updated Apr 18, 2012; This project studies approaches courts can use in revising jury instructions.