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Of Cherries, Fudge, And Onions: Science And Its Courtroom Perversion, David W. Peterson, John M. Conley Oct 2001

Of Cherries, Fudge, And Onions: Science And Its Courtroom Perversion, David W. Peterson, John M. Conley

Law and Contemporary Problems

The thesis of this article is that the Supreme Court decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s focus on the scientific method, however rigorously applied, invites certain classes of abuses. There are instances in which evidence can be made to look more scientific by a process that in fact and substance makes is utterly unscientific.


Causation, Contribution, And Legal Liability: An Empirical Study, Lawrence M. Solan, John M. Darley Oct 2001

Causation, Contribution, And Legal Liability: An Empirical Study, Lawrence M. Solan, John M. Darley

Law and Contemporary Problems

This article presents empirical evidence of the ways people compare judgments of liability with judgments of causation and contribution. Specifically, the article reports the results of experiments designed to show whether people regard causation and enablement as necessary elements of liability.


Rationalism And Empiricism In Modern Medicine, Warren Newton Oct 2001

Rationalism And Empiricism In Modern Medicine, Warren Newton

Law and Contemporary Problems

The roots of rationalism and empiricism in the Hippocratic tradition are explored. The triumph of the rationalists in the founding of modern medicine is emphasized. The development of clinical epidemiology and the evidence-based medicine over the last 30 years is described. The tension illuminates fundamental clinical and policy questions that doctors, the health care system, and the legal system confront today.


Culture And Causality: Non-Western Systems Of Explanation, William M. O'Barr Oct 2001

Culture And Causality: Non-Western Systems Of Explanation, William M. O'Barr

Law and Contemporary Problems

The logic of some other systems of thought, explanation, and prediction are discussed, in order to find what can be learned about the sociocultural contexts and their functions in other cultures. The truths they may represent are about the human quest to understand causes and effects.


Pleading Securities Fraud, Elliott J. Weiss Jul 2001

Pleading Securities Fraud, Elliott J. Weiss

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Loser-Pays—Or Whose “Fault” Is It Anyway: A Response To Hensler-Rowe’S “Beyond ‘It Just Ain’T Worth It’”, Marc I. Gross Jul 2001

Loser-Pays—Or Whose “Fault” Is It Anyway: A Response To Hensler-Rowe’S “Beyond ‘It Just Ain’T Worth It’”, Marc I. Gross

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Ulysses Tied To The Generic Whipping Post: The Continuing Odyssey Of Discovery “Reform”, Jeffrey W. Stempel Jul 2001

Ulysses Tied To The Generic Whipping Post: The Continuing Odyssey Of Discovery “Reform”, Jeffrey W. Stempel

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


A Modest Reform For Federal Procedural Rulemaking, Carl Tobias Jul 2001

A Modest Reform For Federal Procedural Rulemaking, Carl Tobias

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


A Tribute To Professor Melvin G. Shimm Jul 2001

A Tribute To Professor Melvin G. Shimm

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Francis Mcgovern Jul 2001

Foreword, Francis Mcgovern

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch Jul 2001

Aggregation, Auctions, And Other Developments In The Selection Of Lead Counsel Under The Pslra, Jill E. Fisch

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


The Nontrial Adversarial Model, Joel Seligman Jul 2001

The Nontrial Adversarial Model, Joel Seligman

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of Trading Models Used For Calculating Aggregate Damages In Securities Litigation, Michael Barclay, Frank C. Torchio Jul 2001

A Comparison Of Trading Models Used For Calculating Aggregate Damages In Securities Litigation, Michael Barclay, Frank C. Torchio

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Beyond “It Just Ain’T Worth It”: Alternative Strategies For Damage Class Action Reform, Deborah R. Hensler, Thomas D. Rowe Jr. Jul 2001

Beyond “It Just Ain’T Worth It”: Alternative Strategies For Damage Class Action Reform, Deborah R. Hensler, Thomas D. Rowe Jr.

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Contingent Fees And Tort Reform: A Reassessment And Reality Check, Elihu Inselbuch Jul 2001

Contingent Fees And Tort Reform: A Reassessment And Reality Check, Elihu Inselbuch

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Confronting The Future: Coping With Discovery Of Electronic Material, Richard L. Marcus Jul 2001

Confronting The Future: Coping With Discovery Of Electronic Material, Richard L. Marcus

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Upsetting The Balance Between Adverse Interests: The Impact Of The Supreme Court’S Trilogy On Expert Testimony In Toxic Tort Litigation, Margaret A. Berger Jul 2001

Upsetting The Balance Between Adverse Interests: The Impact Of The Supreme Court’S Trilogy On Expert Testimony In Toxic Tort Litigation, Margaret A. Berger

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Scientific Misconceptions Among Daubert Gatekeepers: The Need For Reform Of Expert Review Procedures, Jan Beyea, Daniel Berger Jul 2001

Scientific Misconceptions Among Daubert Gatekeepers: The Need For Reform Of Expert Review Procedures, Jan Beyea, Daniel Berger

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Kumho And How We Know, Joseph Sanders Jul 2001

Kumho And How We Know, Joseph Sanders

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Journal Staff Apr 2001

Journal Staff

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Madeline Morris Jan 2001

Foreword, Madeline Morris

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.


Toward U.S. Acceptance Of The International Criminal Court, Bruce Broomhall Jan 2001

Toward U.S. Acceptance Of The International Criminal Court, Bruce Broomhall

Law and Contemporary Problems

The US would be undermining its own interests by insisting on insulation of its personnel as the price for its toleration or support for the International Criminal Court. Broomhall argues that the US ought, in its own interest, to lay the foundations for eventually supporting the ICC, notwithstanding the potential (albeit remote) risk of investigation of its nationals.


The International Criminal Court: Current Issues And Perspectives, Philippe Kirsch Q.C. Jan 2001

The International Criminal Court: Current Issues And Perspectives, Philippe Kirsch Q.C.

Law and Contemporary Problems

The creation of a permanent international criminal court (ICC) has been seen as a desirable objective for a long time, but its implementation is hampered by controversy. Proponents of the court believe that the ICC has great potential to render justice in cases of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and to deter the future perpetration of those crimes. Skeptics question the wisdom of placing the power to adjudicate highly politically charged cases into the hands of an international tribunal.


High Crimes And Misconceptions: The Icc And Non-Party States, Madeline Morris Jan 2001

High Crimes And Misconceptions: The Icc And Non-Party States, Madeline Morris

Law and Contemporary Problems

The dilemma underlying the debate about the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over non-party nationals stems primarily from the conflicting needs for the ICC to have sufficient jurisdictional powers to bring to justice perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, and simultaneously, for states to retain appropriate discretion regarding methods of dispute settlement when the lawfulness of their official acts is in dispute.


The Icc’S Jurisdiction Over The Nationals Of Non-Party States: A Critique Of The U.S. Position, Michael P. Scharf Jan 2001

The Icc’S Jurisdiction Over The Nationals Of Non-Party States: A Critique Of The U.S. Position, Michael P. Scharf

Law and Contemporary Problems

Scharf analyzes the validity of the US argument against the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over the national of non-party states in the context of historic precedent and the principles underlying international criminal jurisdiction, and demonstrates that it is not the jurisdiction of the ICC over the nationals of nonparty states, but the US government's legal argument, which rests on shaky foundations. He also highlights the potential unintended repercussions of the current US legal position.


International Criminal Law After Rome: Concerns From A U.S. Military Perspective, William K. Lietzau Jan 2001

International Criminal Law After Rome: Concerns From A U.S. Military Perspective, William K. Lietzau

Law and Contemporary Problems

Lietzau argues that the US cannot support the International Criminal Court because it fails to recognize its unique responsibilities in the world when issues of international peace and security are involved. The changes sought by the US in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court should be implemented not just because US participation is key to an effective, functioning court, but because enacting them promotes the rule of law and is therefore the right thing to do.


The International Criminal Court: Possibilities For Prosecutorial Abuse, Alfred P. Rubin Jan 2001

The International Criminal Court: Possibilities For Prosecutorial Abuse, Alfred P. Rubin

Law and Contemporary Problems

The attempt to create an international criminal court assumes that in all important ways the international legal order is similar to the municipal legal orders with which US citizens are familiar, but with regard to the criminal law, that assumption is simply not true. Rubin discusses two potential fundamental discrepancies between the international legal order and an hypothesized "typical" municipal legal order as would exist under the current statute for the International Criminal Court.


The Risks And Weaknesses Of The International Criminal Court From America’S Perspective, John R. Bolton Jan 2001

The Risks And Weaknesses Of The International Criminal Court From America’S Perspective, John R. Bolton

Law and Contemporary Problems

Bolton argues the US should raise its objections to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on every appropriate occasion, as part of its larger campaign to assert American interests against stifling, illegitimate, and unacceptable international agreements. The US has many alternative foreign policy instruments to utilize that are fully consistent with US interests, leaving the ICC to the obscurity it richly deserves.


The International Criminal Court: Issues For Consideration By The United States Senate, Patricia Mcnerney Jan 2001

The International Criminal Court: Issues For Consideration By The United States Senate, Patricia Mcnerney

Law and Contemporary Problems

McNerney states that many in Congress who oppose the International Criminal Court are also some of the stronger advocates of the US speaking out against human rights abuses around the world. Rather than advocating the creation of an international criminal court that attempts to take decision making authority away from governments and invalidate the rule of law, however, they argue that more should be done to facilitate extradition of criminals to stand trial where they are accused.


The Irresolution Of Rome, Ruth Wedgwood Jan 2001

The Irresolution Of Rome, Ruth Wedgwood

Law and Contemporary Problems

Wedgwood argues that it would be a pity to allow international misjudgment of the long-term security environment to generate a disregard for the constructive tasks of American military power, and fatally hobble shared support for an effective criminal tribunal. American Senators and military leaders--and the American public--will want to see how the International Criminal Court works in practice before considering the possibility of full ratification and formal membership. If this "look-over" period is not safe, the advocates seeking a "war on the court" may win the day.