An analysis of statutory procedures proposed in the early 1980s, and which continue to arise, that would allow federal litigants to challenge, on a peremptory basis, the federal judge or magistrate judge assigned to their case.

A report on a search of the psychological literature for information about the competence of jurors to find the facts in complex, protracted civil trials.

A circuit-by-circuit review of case law governing award of attorneys' fees in class actions and an examination of abuses in fee requests. The report also includes a discussion of judges' and attorneys' attitudes toward fee computation.

A description of responses obtained during interviews with attorneys who had participated in cases believed to have involved discovery problems. The analysis focused on differences between cases involving over-discovery and cases involving resistance to discovery.