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Nov 19, 2024
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LAW 7220 - Law and Statistics
Credits: 2
Introduces students to the role of statistics in litigation and legal policy. In particular, after introducing basic concepts in statistics (with a focus on concepts rather than techniques), it examines, first, how scholars and legal decision-makers use data and statistics to inform policy regarding major areas of the law, such as torts, property, and criminal law, and, second, how statistics is and can be used in the courts to prove claims and improve legal outcomes. Addresses questions such as what does it mean to have accuracy in the law? How can methods of estimation in the sciences be applied to attain better legal outcomes? And how can scholars, courts, and policy makers use data to analyze and improve the law?
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