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Telling Tales In Court: Trial Procedure And The Story Model, Richard O. Lempert Nov 1991

Telling Tales In Court: Trial Procedure And The Story Model, Richard O. Lempert

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There are three ways in which stories may figure prominently at trials. First, litigants may tell stories to jurors. Not only is there some social science evidence that this happens, but trial lawyers have an instinctive sense that this is what they do. Ask a litigator to describe a current case and she is likely to reply, "Our story is ... " Second, jurors may try to make sense of the evidence they receive by fitting it to some story pattern. If so, the process is likely to feed back on itself. That is, jurors are likely to build a …


Some Caveats Concerning Dna As Criminal Identification Evidence: With Thanks To The Reverend Bayes, Richard O. Lempert Nov 1991

Some Caveats Concerning Dna As Criminal Identification Evidence: With Thanks To The Reverend Bayes, Richard O. Lempert

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The conference panel at which this paper was originally presented was structured along the lines of a debate. The three speakers who were supposed to advocate the use of DNA evidence were labeled, as is customary, Proponents. But those who were supposed to take the negative side were not called Opponents. Rather they were labeled Caveators. I do not know who is responsible for this label, but I think it gets things exactly right. To my mind anyone considering DNA as criminal identification evidence should be a Caveator. The promise and utility of DNA analysis in identifying the perpetrators of …


Compounding Or Creating Confusion About Supplemental Jurisdiction? A Reply To Professor Freer, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas M. Mengler Oct 1991

Compounding Or Creating Confusion About Supplemental Jurisdiction? A Reply To Professor Freer, Thomas D. Rowe Jr., Stephen B. Burbank, Thomas M. Mengler

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The World In Our Courts, Stephen B. Burbank May 1991

The World In Our Courts, Stephen B. Burbank

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


What Is Legal Therapy And What Is It Doing In The Curriculum - A View From Contracts, Robert Birmingham Jan 1991

What Is Legal Therapy And What Is It Doing In The Curriculum - A View From Contracts, Robert Birmingham

Faculty Articles and Papers

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The Politics Of Virtue: Animals, Theology, And Abortion, Elizabeth B. Boyer, Alan Freeman Jan 1991

The Politics Of Virtue: Animals, Theology, And Abortion, Elizabeth B. Boyer, Alan Freeman

Journal Articles

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Fourth Amendment--Protective Sweep Doctrine: When Does The Fourth Amendment Allow Police Officers To Search The Home Incident To A Lawful Arrest, Mark J. Sifferlen Jan 1991

Fourth Amendment--Protective Sweep Doctrine: When Does The Fourth Amendment Allow Police Officers To Search The Home Incident To A Lawful Arrest, Mark J. Sifferlen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Third Party Standing--Next Friends As Enemies: Third Party Petitions For Capital Defendants Wishing To Waive Appeal, Paul F. Brown Jan 1991

Third Party Standing--Next Friends As Enemies: Third Party Petitions For Capital Defendants Wishing To Waive Appeal, Paul F. Brown

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1991

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination Of Reciprocal Causal Relationships Among Family, School, And Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry, Alan J. Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn, Margaret Farnworth Jan 1991

Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination Of Reciprocal Causal Relationships Among Family, School, And Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry, Alan J. Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn, Margaret Farnworth

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Search Warrants, Motions To Suppress And Lost Cases: The Effects Of The Exclusionary Rule In Seven Jurisdictions, Craig D. Uchida, Timothy S. Bynum Jan 1991

Search Warrants, Motions To Suppress And Lost Cases: The Effects Of The Exclusionary Rule In Seven Jurisdictions, Craig D. Uchida, Timothy S. Bynum

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Thinking About Cohorts, James Q. Wilson Jan 1991

Thinking About Cohorts, James Q. Wilson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Initiation, Escalation And Desistance In Juvenile Offending And Their Correlates, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Welmoet Van Kammen, David P. Farrington Jan 1991

Initiation, Escalation And Desistance In Juvenile Offending And Their Correlates, Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Welmoet Van Kammen, David P. Farrington

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Are There Multiple Paths To Delinquency, David Huizinga, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Anne Wylie Weiher Jan 1991

Are There Multiple Paths To Delinquency, David Huizinga, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Anne Wylie Weiher

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Delinquency Prevention: Where's The Beef, Ira M. Schwartz Jan 1991

Delinquency Prevention: Where's The Beef, Ira M. Schwartz

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Explaining Crimes And Analogous Acts, Or The Unrestrained Will Grab At Pleasure Whenever They Can, Hugh D. Barlow Jan 1991

Explaining Crimes And Analogous Acts, Or The Unrestrained Will Grab At Pleasure Whenever They Can, Hugh D. Barlow

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Specifying Criminalization Of The Mentally Disordered Misdemeanant, Ellen Hochstedler Steury Jan 1991

Specifying Criminalization Of The Mentally Disordered Misdemeanant, Ellen Hochstedler Steury

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Felony Punishments: A Factorial Survey Of Perceived Justice In Criminal Sentencing, Joann L. Miller, Peter H. Rossi, Jon E. Simpson Jan 1991

Felony Punishments: A Factorial Survey Of Perceived Justice In Criminal Sentencing, Joann L. Miller, Peter H. Rossi, Jon E. Simpson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Advancing Knowledge About Co-Offending: Results From A Prospective Longitudinal Survey Of London Males, Albert J. Jr. Reiss, David P. Farrington Jan 1991

Advancing Knowledge About Co-Offending: Results From A Prospective Longitudinal Survey Of London Males, Albert J. Jr. Reiss, David P. Farrington

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Moral Appropriateness, Capital Punishment, And The Lockett Doctrine, Louis D. Bilionis Jan 1991

Moral Appropriateness, Capital Punishment, And The Lockett Doctrine, Louis D. Bilionis

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Sixth Amendment As Constitutional Theory: Does Originalism Require That Massiah Be Abandoned, Martin Bahl Jan 1991

The Sixth Amendment As Constitutional Theory: Does Originalism Require That Massiah Be Abandoned, Martin Bahl

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Notes On The Structure Of A Theory Of Excuses, Michael Corrado Jan 1991

Notes On The Structure Of A Theory Of Excuses, Michael Corrado

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Justifying Searches On The Basis Of Equality Of Treatment, Robert L. Misner Jan 1991

Justifying Searches On The Basis Of Equality Of Treatment, Robert L. Misner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of Intensive Probation In California, Joan Petersilia, Susan Turner Jan 1991

An Evaluation Of Intensive Probation In California, Joan Petersilia, Susan Turner

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Problem Of Motive In Hate Crimes: The Argument Against Presumptions Of Racial Motivation, James Morsch Jan 1991

The Problem Of Motive In Hate Crimes: The Argument Against Presumptions Of Racial Motivation, James Morsch

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


The Fall And Rise Of The Criminal Contingent Fee, Peter Lushing Jan 1991

The Fall And Rise Of The Criminal Contingent Fee, Peter Lushing

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Start Making Sense: An Analysis And Proposal For Insider Trading Regulation, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1991

Start Making Sense: An Analysis And Proposal For Insider Trading Regulation, Jill E. Fisch

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Frankenstein's Monster Hits The Campaign Trail: An Approach To Regulation Of Corporate Political Expenditures, Jill E. Fisch Jan 1991

Frankenstein's Monster Hits The Campaign Trail: An Approach To Regulation Of Corporate Political Expenditures, Jill E. Fisch

All Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Fifth Amendment--Videotaping Drunk Drivers: Limitations On Miranda's Protections, Jacques Leboeuf Jan 1991

Fifth Amendment--Videotaping Drunk Drivers: Limitations On Miranda's Protections, Jacques Leboeuf

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 1991

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.