Valerie P. Hans

Cornell University - School of Law

Myron Taylor Hall

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY 14853-4901

United States

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Scholarly Papers (41)

1.

The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

Iowa Law Review, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-24
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2022
Cornell Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
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death penalty, capital punishment, race, juries, judges

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An Empirical Examination of Civil Voir Dire: Implications for Meeting Constitutional Guarantees and Suggested Best Practices

U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-11
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 27 Apr 2020
University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Arizona State University, Arizona State University (ASU), Independent, Cornell University - School of Law, Stanford University and Stanford University
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To Dollars from Sense: Qualitative to Quantitative Translation in Jury Damage Awards

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 11-25
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 04 Oct 2011
Valerie P. Hans and Valerie F. Reyna
Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University
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juror, jury, damage awards, compensatory damages, punitive damages, decision making

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The Impact of Minimal versus Extended Voir Dire and Judicial Rehabilitation on Mock Jurors' Decisions in Civil Cases

Salerno, J. M., Campbell, J. C., Phalen, H. J., Bean, S. R., Hans, V., Spivack, D., & Ross, L. (2021). The impact of minimal versus extended Voir Dire and judicial rehabilitation on mock jurors’ decisions in civil cases. Law and Human Behavior, 45(4), 336–355. DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000455 , Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-15, U Denver Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-30
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 18 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2021
Arizona State University, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Arizona State University (ASU), Independent, Cornell University - School of Law, Stanford University and Stanford University - Department of Psychology
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bias, juror decision making, civil jury, jury instructions, jury selection, voir dire

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The Death Penalty: Should the Judge or the Jury Decide Who Dies?

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-02
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2015
Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School, Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students and Cornell University - Law School
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Juries, Lay Judges, and Trials

Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Gerben Bruinsma and David Weisburd, eds.). NY: Springer Science and Business Media, Forthcoming. , Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-87
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2016
Toby S. Goldbach and Valerie P. Hans
University of British Columbia, Allard School of Law and Cornell University - School of Law
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jury, criminal trial, lay participation, democracy, comparative law

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Judge-Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven & Zeisel's the American Jury

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Sep 2004
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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Victim Gender and the Death Penalty

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 2, 2014, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 14-05
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2015
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Law, Psychology and Human Development Program, Students, Cornell University - Law School, Cornell University - School of Law, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - Law School, Cornell Law School and Cornell Law School
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Virtual Juries

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 71 (Forthcoming) , Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-16
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2021
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 451 (118,580)
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Virtual, Jury, Trials, COVID-19, democratic institutions, juror Questionnaires, streaming, Jury Trials, Witness Testimony, virtual procedure

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Science in the Jury Box: Jurors' Views and Understanding of Mitochondrial DNA Evidence

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-021
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 17 May 2014
Cornell University - School of Law, PSU - Penn State Law (University Park), University of Delaware, University of Delaware and Independent
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Taking a Stand on Taking the Stand: The Effect of a Prior Criminal Record on the Decision to Testify and On Trial Outcomes

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-012
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Jul 2007
Theodore Eisenberg and Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased) and Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 432 (124,736)
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Juries, Evidence, Criminal Record

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Challenges to Achieving Fairness in Civil Jury Selection

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-23
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 311 (179,991)
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Courts, fairness, jury, jury selection, civil cases, representative cross-sections, jury venires, civil juries, civil justice system, voir dire, implicit bias, unconscious bias, peremptory challenges

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A Jury of One: Opinion Formation, Conformity, and Dissent on Juries

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-030
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 10 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2008
Nicole L. Waters and Valerie P. Hans
National Center for State Courts and Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 307 (181,844)
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jury, decision making, criminal, deliberations

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Fair Juries

University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-33, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-23
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2022
Shari Seidman Diamond and Valerie P. Hans
Downloads 291 (192,451)
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anti-bias instructions; Batson, implicit biases, jury, jury instructions; jury selection, jury service; jury venire; peremptory challenges; racism; representativeness

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The Death Penalty in Delaware: An Empirical Study

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-025, 3rd Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Papers
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Aug 2008
Cornell Law School, Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - School of Law
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Statistics in the Jury Box: How Juror Respond to Mitochondial DNA Probabilities

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Jun 2007
PSU - Penn State Law (University Park), Cornell University - School of Law, Independent, University of Delaware and University of Delaware
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jury, DNA, scientific evidence, probability fallacies

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The Predictability of Juries

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Oct 2010
Valerie P. Hans and Theodore Eisenberg
Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University, Law School (Deceased)
Downloads 254 (220,690)
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Juries, Predictability, Punitive Damages

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Contextualizing Jury Participation: Case-, Jury-, and Juror-Level Predictors of Participation in Jury Deliberations

CELS 2009 4th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Aug 2009
Erin York Cornwell and Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - Department of Sociology and Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 237 (236,265)
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jury, social status

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The Relation Between Punitive and Compensatory Awards: Combining Extreme Data With the Mass of Awards

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-026
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Sep 2006
Theodore Eisenberg, Valerie P. Hans and Martin T. Wells
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law School
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punitive damages, juries, trials, litigation

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The Twenty-First Century Jury: Worst of Times or Best of Times?

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-009, Criminal Law Brief, Vol. 1, pp. 3-8, 2006
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 12 Jun 2007
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law
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Introduction to Juries and Mixed Tribunals Across the Globe: New Developments, Common Challenges and Future Directions

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2016, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 16-22
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2016
Nancy S. Marder and Valerie P. Hans
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law and Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 210 (266,043)
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Jury, jury trial, mixed tribunal, reasoned verdict, decision tree, Saiban-in seido, advisory jury, political role of the jury, lay participation, Jurados, juicios por jurado, tribunales mixtos, veredicto razonado, árboles de decisiones, Saiban-in seido, jurado consultivo, papel politico del jurado

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Juror First Votes in Criminal Trials

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jun 2004
Cornell Law School, National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and Cornell University - Law School
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Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Valerie P. Hans, John Gastil and Traci Feller
Cornell University - School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington
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civil jury, deliberative democracy, jury service, political participation

Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Mar 2014
Valerie P. Hans, John Gastil and Traci Feller
Cornell University - School of Law, Pennsylvania State University and University of Washington
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Tort Law Decision-Making: Psychological and Legal Perspectives

Monica K Miller, Logan A. Yelderman, Jason A. Cantone, & Matthew Huss (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of psychology and legal decision-making. Cambridge University Press., Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-14, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-09
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Valerie P. Hans and Jennifer K. Robbennolt
Cornell University - School of Law and University of Illinois College of Law
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damage awards, dispute resolution, foreseeability, intentionality, judge, jury, liability, negligence, reasonableness, strict liability

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From Meaning to Money: Translating Injury Into Dollars

Law and Human Behavior, Forthcoming, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 18-08
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
Valerie P. Hans, Rebecca Helm and Valerie F. Reyna
Cornell University - School of Law, University of Exeter - School of Law and Cornell University
Downloads 173 (315,239)

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jury decisions, damage awards, fuzzy-trace theory, numeracy, anchoring effects

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Gentlewomen of the Jury

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law, Forthcoming 2023, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-23
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 May 2022
Vivian Rotenstein and Valerie P. Hans
Blueprint Trial Consulting and Cornell University - School of Law
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women on the Jury, supreme court, Ballard v. United States, jury research, gender, verdict preferences, legal barrier, societal barriers, decision-making, gender scholarship, jury studies, equitable participation

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After the Crash: Citizens' Perceptions of Connective-Tissue Injury Lawsuits

Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 07-016
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Sep 2007
Valerie P. Hans and Nicole Vadino
Cornell University - School of Law and Community College of Philadelphia
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Democratic Renewal and the Civil Jury

Georgia Law Review (2023, Forthcoming), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-18
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 28 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Richard Lorren Jolly, Valerie P. Hans and Robert S Peck
Southwestern Law School, Cornell University - School of Law and Cntr for Const' Litigation, PC
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Introduction to Juries and Lay Participation: American Perspectives and Global Trends

90 Chicago-Kent Law Review 789 (2015), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper 15-14, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-23
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2015
Nancy S. Marder and Valerie P. Hans
Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago-Kent College of Law and Cornell University - School of Law
Downloads 137 (382,019)

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jury, jury trials, United States, procedure, criminal procedure, courts

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Trial by Jury: Psychological Research Contributions to an Enduring Legal Institution

Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff (Ed.), Research Handbook in Law and Psychology. Elgar., Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 23-15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Jun 2023
Mikaela Spruill and Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - Psychology Department and Cornell University - School of Law
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decision-making; implicit bias; jurors; jury; jury reform; jury selection; psychology and law

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Guiding Jurors’ Damage Award Decisions: Experimental Investigations of Approaches Based on Theory and Practice

Hans, V. P., Reed, K., Reyna, V. F., Garavito, D., & Helm, R. K. (2022). Guiding jurors’ damage award decisions: Experimental investigations of approaches based on theory and practice. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-15
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 15 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2022
Cornell University - School of Law, University of Texas at El Paso, Cornell University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Exeter - School of Law
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anchoring; concussions; damage awards; fuzzy-trace theory; juror decisions

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Legal Interpreter for the Jury: The Role of the Clerk of the Court in Spain

Oñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jun 2016
Mar Jimeno-Bulnes and Valerie P. Hans
Universidad de Burgos and Cornell University - School of Law
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Jury, Spanish jury, reasoned verdicts, clerk, Spain, lay participation, comparative legal systems, Jurado, jurado español, veredictos razonados, secretarios judiciales, España, participación de legos, sistemas jurídicos comparados

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Reflections on the Korean Jury Trial

Journal of Korean Law, Vol. 14, 81-115, December 2014, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-31
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2015
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law
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Korean jury trial, jury studies, jury judge, legal reform, juror's guide, bifurcated trial, deliberation, deliberative democracy

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Inside the Black Box: Comment on Diamond and Vidmar

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Dec 2003
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law
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Can Jury Trial Innovations Improve Juror Understanding of DNA Evidence?

90 Judicature 152-56 (2007)
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 09 Jan 2015
B. Michael Dann, Valerie P. Hans and David H. Kaye
Independent, Cornell University - School of Law and PSU - Penn State Law (University Park)
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expert testimony, DNA evidence, jurors

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The French Jury at a Crossroads

Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 101, 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 28 Oct 2015
Valerie P. Hans, Claire M. Germain and Claire M. Germain
Cornell University - School of Law and Cornell University - Law SchoolUniversity of Florida Levin College of Law
Downloads 55 (675,336)
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France, French law, French jury, Cour d'assises d'appel

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Judge-Jury Agreement in Criminal Cases: A Partial Replication of Kalven and Zeisel's the American Jury

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 2.1 (2005): 171
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Cornell University, Law School (Deceased), National Center for State Courts, Cornell University - School of Law, National Center for State Courts, National Center for State Courts (NCSC), Cornell Law School and Cornell University - Law School
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Criminal Cases, judge-jury agreement, juries, judges, adjucator

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Special Feature: The Future of Lay Adjudication in Korea and Japan

Yonsei Law Journal Vol. 3, No. 1 (2012): 25-35
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 13 Sep 2014
Hiroshi Fukurai and Valerie P. Hans
University of California Santa Cruz and Cornell University - School of Law
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Lay Participation, Jury, Korea, Japan, Saiban-in Seido, Prosecution Review Commission, U.S. Military

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Do Black Injuries Matter?: Implicit Bias and Jury Decision Making in Tort Cases

Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 3205535, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Jun 2018
W. Jonathan Cardi, Valerie P. Hans and Gregory Scott Parks
Wake Forest University - School of Law, Cornell University - School of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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race, torts, implicit bias, jury

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Procedural Justice Theory and Public Policy: An Exchange

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 13, pp. 1-3, 2017
Posted: 26 Oct 2017
John Hagan and Valerie P. Hans
Northwestern University - Department of Sociology and Cornell University - School of Law

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Jury Systems Around the World

Annual Review of Law & Social Science, Vol. 4, December 2008
Posted: 27 Dec 2008
Valerie P. Hans
Cornell University - School of Law

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lay decision making, mixed tribunal, collaborative court, saiban-in seido