Book Review Archive

  • "[Trial] consultants are best understood as allied with attorneys, avidly pursuing the goals of the side that has retained them."   Dr. Brodsky allies trial consultants and attorneys at the outset of this straightforward text in his attempt to discourage stereotypes and affirmatively describe who trial consultants are and (some […]

    Book Review: Principles and Practice of Trial Consultation, by Stanley L. Brodsky

    by Kevin R. Boully, Ph.D. "[Trial] consultants are best understood as allied with attorneys, avidly pursuing the goals of the side that has retained them."   Dr. Brodsky allies trial consultants and attorneys at the outset of this straightforward text in his attempt to discourage stereotypes and affirmatively describe who trial consultants are and (some […]

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  • Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the US Supreme Court in May 2009 unleashed a storm of controversy based on her remarks on her own judicial decision-making:  “I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a […]

    Book Review: The Juror Factor: Race and Gender in America’s Civil Courts

    by Rita R. Handrich, Ph.D. Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the US Supreme Court in May 2009 unleashed a storm of controversy based on her remarks on her own judicial decision-making:  “I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a […]

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  • The Jury Judged:  A Book Review   American Juries:  The Verdict.  (2007).  Neil Vidmar and Valerie P. Hans.  Prometheus Books: New York.     American juries cannot stay out of the spotlight.  Go back before Scott Peterson.  Go back before the famous white Bronco.  Go back nearly one hundred fifty […]

    The American Jury: A Book Review

    by Kevin R. Boully, Ph.D. The Jury Judged:  A Book Review   American Juries:  The Verdict.  (2007).  Neil Vidmar and Valerie P. Hans.  Prometheus Books: New York.     American juries cannot stay out of the spotlight.  Go back before Scott Peterson.  Go back before the famous white Bronco.  Go back nearly one hundred fifty […]

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