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- Title
Oil in Water: Juries and the Oil Pollution Act.
- Authors
Laws, Ryan
- Abstract
The article analyzes the suitability of juries in trial of complicated affairs such as oil spills and cleanups under the Oil Pollution Act. Topics discussed include history of the Seventh Amendment right to jury trials, willingness of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to expand rights for jury trial in United States v. Evergreen Resource Recovery LLC, and implications for higher government expenditures, outcome biases and jury right in cases under similar environmental statutes.
- Subjects
RIGHT to trial by jury; OIL Pollution Act of 1990 (U.S.); ENVIRONMENTAL law; PUBLIC spending; OUTCOME bias (Psychology); UNITED States. Constitution. 7th Amendment; UNITED States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
- Publication
Ecology Law Quarterly, 2023, Vol 50, Issue 2, p615
- ISSN
0046-1121
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15779/Z386H4CR7M