Professor of Law
Cornell Law School
222 Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-4901
Phone: (607) 255-0095
Fax: (607) 255-7193
Email: vh42@cornell.edu
Valerie Hans conducts empirical studies of law and is one of the nation's leading authorities on the jury system. Trained as a social scientist, she has carried out extensive research and written widely about social science and the law. Her theoretical and policy interests in citizen participation in law have led her to focus on jury decision making. Her research and writing have encompassed a range of topics such as the juvenile death penalty, racial and gender discrimination, the litigation explosion, the adversary system, corporate responsibility, the insanity defense, court legitimacy, and media impact. Her books include Business on Trial: The Civil Jury and Corporate Responsibility (2000); The Jury System: Contemporary Scholarship (2006); and Judging the Jury (1986, coauthored with Neil Vidmar).
