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Articles The articles below have been selected by our editors as useful introductions to issues of tort law. This list is not intended to be comprehensive; the authors of these articles, and many other individuals, have published much more on these topics. This list does, however, represent some of the best and most interesting work in the field. The list was particularly selected with an eye towards pieces that may not be well known or easily accessible; when possible, we have offered reprints or links to these works, and we will continue both to seek permissions to reprint articles and to expand the list of articles on the site.  Data Watch: Tort-uring the DataEric Helland, Jonathan Klick, and Alexander Tabarrok, 19 J. Econ. Perspectives 207-220 (Spring 2005) ABSTRACT There Will Be No Exodus: An Empirical Study Of S. 2062’s Effects On Class ActionsJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Mealey’s Tort Reform Update (April 2004) Download PDF On the Theory Class's Theories of Asbestos Litigation: The Disconnect Between Scholarship and RealityLester Brickman, 31 Pepperdine Law Review 33-170 (2004) DOWNLOAD PDF ABSTRACT One Small Step for a County Court . . . One Giant Calamity for the National Legal SystemJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, and Matthew M. Shors, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 7 (2003) Download PDF HTML Version The Market For Contingent Fee-Financed Tort Litigation: Is It Price Competitive?Lester Brickman, 25 Cardozo Law Rev. 65-128 (2003) DOWNLOAD PDF Effective Hourly Rates of Contingency Fee Lawyers: Competing Data and Non-Competitive FeesLester Brickman, 81 Wash. U. Law Q. 653 (2003) DOWNLOAD PDF The Continuing Assault on the Citadel of Fiduciary Protection: Ethics 2000's Revision of Model Rule 1.5Lester Brickman, University of Illinois Law Review 1181-1216 (2003) Class Action Magnet Courts: The Allure IntensifiesJohn H. Beisner, Jessica Davidson Miller, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 5 (2002) Download PDF HTML Version Class Actions: The Need for a Hard Second LookRichard A. Epstein, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 4 (2002) DOWNLOAD PDF HTML VERSION How should the Law of Products Liability be Harmonized? What Americans Can Learn from EuropeansStephen B. Presser, Manhattan Institute Global Liability Issues 2 (2002) Download PDF HTML Version They're Making a Federal Case Out of It . . . In State CourtJohn H. Beisner and Jessica Davidson Miller, Manhattan Institute Civil Justice Report 3 (2001) Download PDF HTML Version Lawyers' Ethics and Fiduciary Obligation in the Brave New World of Aggregative LitigationLester Brickman, 26 William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review 243-322 (2001) DOWNLOAD PDF The State Tobacco Litigation and the Separation of Powers in State Governments: Repairing the DamageMichael DeBow, 31 Seton Hall L. Rev. 563, 571-572 (2001) Judicial Nullification of Civil Justice Reform Violates the Fundamental Federal Constitutional Principle of Separation of Powers: How to Restore the Right BalanceVictor E. Schwartz and Leah Lorber, 32 Rutgers L.J. 907 (2001) DOWNLOAD PDF A Most Dangerous Indiscretion: The Legal, Economic, and Political Legacy of the Governments' Tobacco LitigationMargaret A. Little, 33 Conn. L. Rev. 1143 (2001) DOWNLOAD PDF NAFTA Meets the American Torts Crisis: The Loewen CaseMichael Krauss, 9 George Mason Law Review 69 (2000) DOWNLOAD PDF The Breast Implant FiascoDavid Bernstein, 87 Cal. L. Rev. 457 (1999) Loser-Pays: Where Next?Walter Olson and David Bernstein, 55 Md. L. Rev. 1161 (1996). DOWNLOAD PDF On the Relevance of the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence: Tort System Outcomes Are Principally Determined by Lawyers' Rates of ReturnLester Brickman, 15 Cardozo Law Review 1755-1797 (1994) DOWNLOAD PDF The Asbestos Litigation Crisis: Is There a Need for an Administrative Alternative?Lester Brickman, 13 Cardozo L. Rev. 1819-1889 (1992) DOWNLOAD PDF The Asbestos Claims Management Act of 1991: A Proposal to the United States CongressLester Brickman, 13 Cardozo Law Review 1891-1917 (1992) DOWNLOAD PDF The Path to the T.J. Hooper: Of Custom and Due CareRichard A. Epstein, 21 J. Legal Stud. 1 7 (1992) Better Living Through Litigation?Walter Olson, The Public Interest, Spring 1991 DOWNLOAD PDF The Myth of the Ford Pinto CaseGary T. Schwartz, 43 Rutgers L. Rev. 1013 (1991) DOWNLOAD PDF Review of Paul Brodeur's Outrageous Misconduct: The Asbestos Industry on TrialPeter Huber, New Republic, Feb. 3, 1986 Courts of ConveniencePeter Huber, Regulation, Sept./Oct. 1985 The Selection of Disputes for LitigationGeorge L. Priest & Benjamin Klein, 13 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1984) DOWNLOAD PDF Products Liability: The Gathering StormRichard A. Epstein, 15 Regulation (Sept./Oct. 1977) |
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