Crisis, what crisis? Perception and reality in civil justice / Brian H. Bornstein and Timothy R. Robicheaux -- What's the story? Explanations and narratives in civil jury decisions / Reid Hastie -- Civil juries in ecological context : methodological implications for research / Neil Vidmar -- What is the study of jury decision making about and what should it be about? / Richard L. Wiener -- Crossing the punitive-compensatory divide / Catherine M. Sharkey -- The relationship between punitive and compensatory awards : combining extreme data with the mass of awards / Theodore Eisenberg, Valerie P. Hans, and Martin T. Wells -- Damages as metaphor : a commentary / Susan Poser -- Faking it? Citizen perceptions of whiplash injuries / Valerie P. Hans -- Reflections on juryphobia and medical malpractice reform / Stephan Landsman -- How juryphobia and fears of fraudulent claims disserve medical malpractice reform efforts / Monica K. Miller -- Apologies and civil justice / Jennifer K. Robbennolt -- Can we talk? Therapeutic jurisprudence, restorative justice, and tort litigation / Edie Greene -- Constructs of justice : beyond civil litigation / Alan J. Tomkins and Kimberly Applequist -- Signs for the future of civil justice research / Brian H. Bornstein