When Do Facts Persuade? Some Thoughts on the Market for “Empirical Legal Studies”

Abstract

Chambliss talks about how Marc Galanter has devoted himself to combating the jaundiced view of the civil-justice system. Armed initially with great faith in the power of social science, Galanter and other socio-legal scholars of his generation, as well as many who have followed, have tried to combat misinformation in law and policy with the findings from systematic research--as if the facts would speak for themselves