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- Publisher
- Springer Journals
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1999 by Plenum Publishing Corporation
- Subject
- Psychology; Law and Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general; Personality and Social Psychology; Community and Environmental Psychology
- ISSN
- 0147-7307
- eISSN
- 1573-661X
- DOI
- 10.1023/A:1022397607693
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Hastie, Schkade, and Payne (1998) published a simulation experiment intended to study the performance of jurors and juries regarding verdicts on whether punitive damages should be allowed. They concluded that juries were not very competent and discussed the legal policy implications of this conclusion. I identify a fatal conceptual flaw that renders the study irrelevant to legal policy: The jurors were asked to decide law, a decision that is the responsibility of the trial judge, not the jury. I also identify a number of misstatements and unsupported assertions in the article.
Journal
Law and Human Behavior – Springer Journals
Published: Sep 30, 2004