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Comments On Child Abuse Litigation In A "Testimonial" World: The Intersection Of Competency, Hearsay, And Confrontation, Myrna S. Raeder Oct 2007

Comments On Child Abuse Litigation In A "Testimonial" World: The Intersection Of Competency, Hearsay, And Confrontation, Myrna S. Raeder

Indiana Law Journal

The papers in this symposium were originally prepared for the Section on Evidence of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.


The History Of Children's Hearsay: From Old Bailey To Post-Davis, Thomas D. Lyon, Raymond Lamagna Oct 2007

The History Of Children's Hearsay: From Old Bailey To Post-Davis, Thomas D. Lyon, Raymond Lamagna

Indiana Law Journal

The papers in this symposium were originally prepared for the Section on Evidence of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools.


Hope For The Best And Prepare For The Worst: The Capital Defender's Guide To Reciprocal Discovery In The Sentencing Phase Of Georgia Death Penalty Trials, Adam Levin Jun 2007

Hope For The Best And Prepare For The Worst: The Capital Defender's Guide To Reciprocal Discovery In The Sentencing Phase Of Georgia Death Penalty Trials, Adam Levin

Georgia State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Misjudging, Chris Guthrie Mar 2007

Misjudging, Chris Guthrie

Nevada Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Independent Judicial Research In The Daubert Age, Edward K. Cheng Mar 2007

Independent Judicial Research In The Daubert Age, Edward K. Cheng

Duke Law Journal

The Supreme Court's Daubert trilogy places judges in the unenviable position of assessing the reliability of often unfamiliar and complex scientific expert testimony. Over the past decade, scholars have therefore explored various ways of helping judges with their new gatekeeping responsibilities. Unfortunately, the two dominant approaches, which focus on doctrinal tests and external assistance mechanisms, have been largely ineffective. This Article advocates for a neglected but important method for improving scientific decisionmaking--independent judicial research. It argues that judges facing unfamiliar and complex scientific admissibility decisions can and should engage in independent library research to better educate themselves about the underlying …


Here Is The Church, Now Who Owns The Steeple? A Revised Approach To Church Property Disputes, Adam E. Lyons Feb 2007

Here Is The Church, Now Who Owns The Steeple? A Revised Approach To Church Property Disputes, Adam E. Lyons

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This Article reviews two approaches to the implementation of neutral principles of law--the constitutionally permissible method of resolving property disputes between bodies in a religious hierarchy. Though both approaches may be valid, the formal title approach, as implemented by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Presbytery of Beaver- Butler v. Middlesex Presbyterian Church, leads to problems in application that have been rectified by that court's more recent decision in In re Church of St. James the Less. It is the contention of this Article that future courts and practitioners facing church property disputes can draw guidance from the St. James decision …


Is Silence Sacred? The Vulnerability Of Griffin V. California In A Terrorist World, Lissa Griffin Feb 2007

Is Silence Sacred? The Vulnerability Of Griffin V. California In A Terrorist World, Lissa Griffin

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


In The Prosecutor We Trust? A Case Against Permitting Evidence Of Unadjudicated Criminal Conduct Into The Sentencing Phase Of Capital Trials, Anne-Marie Von Aschwege Jan 2007

In The Prosecutor We Trust? A Case Against Permitting Evidence Of Unadjudicated Criminal Conduct Into The Sentencing Phase Of Capital Trials, Anne-Marie Von Aschwege

Saint Louis University Public Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prosecutors And Corrupt Science, Kevin C. Mcmunigal Jan 2007

Prosecutors And Corrupt Science, Kevin C. Mcmunigal

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sexy Dressing Revisited: Does Target Dress Play A Part In Sexual Harassment Cases?, Theresa M. Beiner Jan 2007

Sexy Dressing Revisited: Does Target Dress Play A Part In Sexual Harassment Cases?, Theresa M. Beiner

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy

Feminists have been debating what constitutes appropriate female attire since the beginning of the feminist movement in the United States. Since the early 1990s, when Naomi Wolf's book The Beauty Myth was released, feminists, law professors, and popular culture critics have tried to understand women's dress in the present day. In spite of years of criticism of these beliefs, the bias this injects into rape trials, and even with the enactment of rape shield laws, this evidence still sneaks into rape cases. With this in mind, one would expect a similar phenomenon to occur in sexual harassment cases. As the …


Proving Lost Profits Under Daubert: Five Questions Every Court Should Ask Before Admitting Expert Testimony, Robert M. Lloyd Jan 2007

Proving Lost Profits Under Daubert: Five Questions Every Court Should Ask Before Admitting Expert Testimony, Robert M. Lloyd

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence And Ethics: Litigating In The Shadows Of The Rules, Joseph A. Colquitt Jan 2007

Evidence And Ethics: Litigating In The Shadows Of The Rules, Joseph A. Colquitt

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Finding The Golden Mean With Daubert: An Elusive, Perhaps Impossible, Goal, Robert P. Mosteller Jan 2007

Finding The Golden Mean With Daubert: An Elusive, Perhaps Impossible, Goal, Robert P. Mosteller

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ethics And Evidence, Introduction, Daniel J. Capra Jan 2007

Ethics And Evidence, Introduction, Daniel J. Capra

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Evidence Rule 608(B): Gateway To The Minefield Of Witness Preparation, Gerald L. Shargel Jan 2007

Federal Evidence Rule 608(B): Gateway To The Minefield Of Witness Preparation, Gerald L. Shargel

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Clarifying The Curative Admissibility Doctrine: Using The Principles Of Forfeiture And Deterrence To Shape The Relief For An Opponent's Evidentiary Misconduct, Edward J. Imwinkelried Jan 2007

Clarifying The Curative Admissibility Doctrine: Using The Principles Of Forfeiture And Deterrence To Shape The Relief For An Opponent's Evidentiary Misconduct, Edward J. Imwinkelried

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are Evidence-Related Ethics Provisions "Law"?, Fred C. Zacharias Jan 2007

Are Evidence-Related Ethics Provisions "Law"?, Fred C. Zacharias

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


See No Evil: Wrongful Convictions And The Prosecutorial Ethics Of Offering Testimony By Jailhouse Informants And Dishonest Experts, Myrna S. Raeder Jan 2007

See No Evil: Wrongful Convictions And The Prosecutorial Ethics Of Offering Testimony By Jailhouse Informants And Dishonest Experts, Myrna S. Raeder

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Use And Misuse Of High-Tech Evidence By Prosecutors: Ethical And Evidentiary Issues, Robert Aronson, Jacqueline Mcmurtrie Jan 2007

The Use And Misuse Of High-Tech Evidence By Prosecutors: Ethical And Evidentiary Issues, Robert Aronson, Jacqueline Mcmurtrie

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Expert Witness Ethics, Joseph Sanders Jan 2007

Expert Witness Ethics, Joseph Sanders

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Special Issues Raised By Rape Trial, Aviva Orenstein Jan 2007

Special Issues Raised By Rape Trial, Aviva Orenstein

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


"Remarkable Stratagems And Conspiracies": How Unscrupulous Lawyers And Credulous Judges Created An Exception To The Hearsay Rule, Marianne Wesson Jan 2007

"Remarkable Stratagems And Conspiracies": How Unscrupulous Lawyers And Credulous Judges Created An Exception To The Hearsay Rule, Marianne Wesson

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Perplexing Problem Of Client Perjury, L. Timothy Perrin Jan 2007

The Perplexing Problem Of Client Perjury, L. Timothy Perrin

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Supersizing Daubert Science For Litigation And Its Implications For Legal Practice And Scientific Research, Gary Edmond Jan 2007

Supersizing Daubert Science For Litigation And Its Implications For Legal Practice And Scientific Research, Gary Edmond

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Duke Lacrosse Case, Innocence, And False Identifications: A Fundamental Failure To "Do Justice", Robert P. Mosteller Jan 2007

The Duke Lacrosse Case, Innocence, And False Identifications: A Fundamental Failure To "Do Justice", Robert P. Mosteller

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.


Images Of Expertise: Converging Discourses On The Use And Abuse Of Science In Massachusetts V. Epa, David S. Caudill Jan 2007

Images Of Expertise: Converging Discourses On The Use And Abuse Of Science In Massachusetts V. Epa, David S. Caudill

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Thinking About Expert Evidence As Expert Testimony, Simon A. Cole Jan 2007

Where The Rubber Meets The Road: Thinking About Expert Evidence As Expert Testimony, Simon A. Cole

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Expertise In Action: Presenting And Attacking Expert Evidence In Dna Fingerprinting Cases, Michael Lynch Jan 2007

Expertise In Action: Presenting And Attacking Expert Evidence In Dna Fingerprinting Cases, Michael Lynch

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Ethics And Scientific Testimony: In Defense Of Manufacturing Uncertainty, Deconstructing Expertise And Other Trial Strategies, David S. Caudill Jan 2007

Legal Ethics And Scientific Testimony: In Defense Of Manufacturing Uncertainty, Deconstructing Expertise And Other Trial Strategies, David S. Caudill

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Irrelevance, And Central Relevance, Of The Boundary Between Science And Non-Science In The Evaluation Of Expert Witness Reliability, D. Michael Risinger Jan 2007

The Irrelevance, And Central Relevance, Of The Boundary Between Science And Non-Science In The Evaluation Of Expert Witness Reliability, D. Michael Risinger

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.