Where can I find resources to aid both judges and jurors confronting questions of science and law?
The National Center for State Courts’ publications catalog includes several publications that provide information on science, technology, and law issues for both judges and jurors. Jury Trial Innovations (G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula L. Hannaford, and G. Marc Whitehead, 1997) is a monograph that takes its organization from the stages of a typical jury trial and describes the most recent techniques and ideas for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of jury trials. The book discusses the dynamics of jury decision making and reviews jury trial innovations used in state and federal courts across the country. (KF8972 .M845 1997) Other publications include “Complex Scientific Evidence and the Jury” (Robert D. Myers, Ronald S. Reinstein, and Gordon G. Griller, 83 Judicature 150, 1999); “Verita Black: An Interview with Judge Pamela Rymer” (14 N.J.C. Alumni Magazine 10, 2000); and “‘Learning Lessons’ and ‘Speaking Rights’: Creating Educated and Democratic Jurors” (B. Michael Dann, 68 India
