Traffic Courts

Traffic courts resolve over half of the cases in the U.S. legal system. These cases are easy for some defendants to handle by paying a fine, but they can have devastating effects for those with fewer means. And despite the key role these courts play in funding state judicial branches and other state and local programs, they have not been comprehensively studied in decades. What’s going on in traffic courts? And what can they teach us about the legal system more broadly? In this episode, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Professor Justin Weinstein-Tull explains his research on traffic courts.
Author: Justin Weinstein-Tull, Professor of Law, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Host: Peter Mason (Volume 113 Podcast Editor)
Script: Peter Mason (Volume 113 Podcast Editor)
Transcript: Shivank Singh (Volume 113 Associate Editor); Peter Mason (Volume 113 Podcast Editor)
Technology Editors: Sandeep Stanley (Volume 113 Senior Technology Editor), Emily C. Welsch (Volume 113 Technology Editor)
Soundtrack: Composed and performed by Carter Jansen (Volume 110 Technology Editor)