The Importance of the Scapegoat in Jury Trial Cases: Some Preliminary Reflections

This is a strategy piece about juries. The data which follow are based on the constant and uninterrupted study of a series of twenty-three jury trials in a single federal district court in the Midwest. The writer\u27s usual introductory apologia will here be foregone. It has been repeatedly stated elsewhere. At the same time, it must unequivocally be noted that the data herein and such messages as may be derived therefrom were all made possible by a Ford Foundation grant to the University of Chicago Law School. In other words, what follows is merely a small portion of the author\u27s extremely small contribution to what is now popularly known as the University of Chicago Jury Project

The University of Chicago Jury Project

I. Introduction II. Conventional Research III. Varied Field Studies IV. Experimental Juries V. Intensive Jury Interviews VI. Conclusio

The University of Chicago Jury Project

I. Introduction II. Conventional Research III. Varied Field Studies IV. Experimental Juries V. Intensive Jury Interviews VI. Conclusio

Impact of Religious Factors in Nebraska Adoptions

I. Introduction … A. In General … B. Empirical Studies … 1. Nebraska Adoption Agencies … 2. Nebraska County Judges II. Crossing Religious Lines; The Natural Mother vs. the Adoptive Parents … A. Non-Dedicated Child; Adoptive Parents’ Religion Differs from Natural Mother … B. Dedicated Child; Adoptive Parents of Different Faith … C. Instructed Child; Adoptive Parents of Different Faith … 1. Common Basic Faith of Adoptive Parents Differs from Child’s Instruction … 2. One Adoptive Parent Has Same Faith as Child’s Instruction … 3. Adoptive Parents and Child of Different Branch of Protestant Faith III. Religiously Mixed Marriages … A. Sociological Research … B. Judicial Case Law … C. Agency and Judicial Concern in Nebraska Adoption Cases IV. Church Membership and Attendance … A. The View of the Church … B. Religion and Behavior … C. Religion and Marriage … D. Percentage of Population Religiously Interested … E. Agency and Judicial Concern in Nebraska Adoption Cases V. Atheists and Agnostics VI. Conclusio

Impact of Religious Factors in Nebraska Adoptions

I. Introduction … A. In General … B. Empirical Studies … 1. Nebraska Adoption Agencies … 2. Nebraska County Judges II. Crossing Religious Lines; The Natural Mother vs. the Adoptive Parents … A. Non-Dedicated Child; Adoptive Parents’ Religion Differs from Natural Mother … B. Dedicated Child; Adoptive Parents of Different Faith … C. Instructed Child; Adoptive Parents of Different Faith … 1. Common Basic Faith of Adoptive Parents Differs from Child’s Instruction … 2. One Adoptive Parent Has Same Faith as Child’s Instruction … 3. Adoptive Parents and Child of Different Branch of Protestant Faith III. Religiously Mixed Marriages … A. Sociological Research … B. Judicial Case Law … C. Agency and Judicial Concern in Nebraska Adoption Cases IV. Church Membership and Attendance … A. The View of the Church … B. Religion and Behavior … C. Religion and Marriage … D. Percentage of Population Religiously Interested … E. Agency and Judicial Concern in Nebraska Adoption Cases V. Atheists and Agnostics VI. Conclusio