Pretrial negotiation behind open doors versus closed doors: Economic analysis of Rule 408

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• 作者：Kima ; Jeong-Yoo ; Ryu ; Keunkwan
• 关键词：Pretrial negotiation ; Rule 408 of the federal rules of evidence ; Admissible evidence ; Inadmissible evidence
• 刊名：International Review of Law and Economics
• 出版年：2000
• 出版时间：June, 2000
• 年：2000
• 卷：20
• 期：2
• 页码：285-294
• 全文大小：121 K

文摘

In this paper, we examine the economics of Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, whereby the negotiation processes at the pretrial stage are made inadmissible to prove the amount of liability. It is asserted that under Rule 408 a settlement offer is less inclined to be rejected since the judge is expected to make a lower award given the signal he observes. Also, we derive a sufficient condition for Rule 408 promoting settlement.