Summary of Contents
Table of Contents (Full)
Part I. Foreword: Defining the Focus
Chapter 1. Introduction to the Book
Chapter 2. Introduction to Law and the Judicial Process
Part II. Social Research and Substantive Justice: Lawmaking in the Appellate Process
Chapter 3. Creation of Law: Case Study of Southern School Desegregation
Chapter 4. Implementation and Expansion of Law: Case Study of Southern and Northern School Desegregation
Chapter 5. Contraction and Abolition of Law: Case Study of the Death Penalty
Chapter 6. Impact of Law: Case Study of Regulating Police Conduct
Part III. Social Research and Procedural Justice: Fact-Finding in the Trial Process
Chapter 7. Selection of the Jury: Case Study of Jury Impartiality
Chapter 8. Functioning of the Jury: Case Study of Jury Size, Verdict, and Litigation Complexity
Chapter 9. Presentations to the Jury: Case Study of Evidence Rules
Chapter 10. Extrajudicial Influences on the Jury Before Trial: Case Study of Eyewitness Identification
Part IV. Afterword: Perspectives on the Focus
Chapter 11. Historical and Conceptual Perspectives on Psycholegal Research
Chapter 12. Jurisprudential Perspectives on the Judicial Process
Chapter 13. Conceptual and Jurisprudential Perspectives on the Uses of Social Research in the Judicial Process