New Research Sheds Light on How Litigants Evaluate the Characteristics of Legal Procedures. Issue 10 (7th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shestowsky, Donna
• Is Part Of: Alternatives to the high cost of litigation. Volume 34:Issue 10(2016:Nov.)
• Page Start: 145
• Page End: 154
• Publication Date: 2016-11-07
• Subjects: Actions and defenses -- Periodicals; Dispute resolution (Law) -- United States -- Periodicals; 347.09
• DOI: 10.1002/alt.21655
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1549-4373

Abstract

Abstract : Millions of civil litigants seek relief through state courts each year. Unfortunately, the economic downturn sharply increased how long they must wait for trial and decreased the resources needed to offer mediation, arbitration, and other alternatives. Donna Shestowsky, "The Psychology of Procedural Preference: How Litigants Evaluate Legal Procedures Ex Ante, " 99 Iowa L. Rev. 637, 640 (2014) (providing examples of courts and alternative dispute resolution programs that have been negatively affected due to the economic downturn)(referred to below as "Psychology of Procedural Preference").