Volume 38 Number 3 -- Spring 2005

Symposium: Access to Justice: Can Business Coexist with the Civil Justice System?

Table of Contents

Introduction by John T. Nockleby

100 Years of Conflict: The Past and Future of Tort Retrenchment by John T. Nockleby & Shannon Curreri

Constitutional Tort Reform by Mark Geistfeld

Is the "Crisis" in the Civil Justice System Real or Imagined? by Steven B. Hantler, Mark A. Behrens, & Leah Lorber

Civil Suits and Business: Are Big Verdicts Really a Deterrent? by Floyd Norris

A Fresh Business Perspective by Renee White Fraser, Ph.D

Medical Malpractice Lawsuits: An Essay on Patient Interests, the Contingency Fee System, Juries, and Social Policy by Neil Vidmar

The Medical Malpractice Debate: The Jury as Scapegoat by Nancy S. Marder

The Closing of Punitive Damages' Iron Cage by Michael L. Rustad

Civil Rights and Wrongs by Richard Abel

Civil Rights in Ordinary Tort Cases: Race, Gender, and the Calculation of Economic Loss by Martha Chamallas

Toward a Tort-Based Theory of Civil Rights, Civil Liberties, and Racial Justice by Jody D. Armour

Tort Reform and Judicial Selection by Anthony Champagne

Are We Turning Judges into Politicians? by James Michael Scheppele