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  • 161 Ronald Allen

    161 Ronald Allen
    Feb 10 2025
    Minimal Rationality and the Law of Evidence. Ron Allen from Northwestern University argues that the goal of the law of evidence is to ensure minimal, not maximal, rationality in our adjudicative processes.
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  • 160 Trace Maddox

    160 Trace Maddox
    Jan 27 2025
    The Lawyer, the Witch, and the Witness. Trace Maddox from NYU School of Law discusses the witchcraft trials in sixteenth to eighteenth-century England, and how contrary to popular belief, they largely adhered to standard procedural and evidentiary rules at the time. His historical findings thus raise interesting questions about the nature of a fair and just adjudicatory system.
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  • 159 Michael Risinger

    159 Michael Risinger
    Jan 13 2025
    The Surprising Story of Smith v. Rapid Transit. Michael Risinger from Seton Hall University recounts his historical research into the famous case of Smith v. Rapid Transit, the case which ultimately spawned the "Blue Bus" hypothetical on statistical proof.
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  • 158 David Caudill

    158 David Caudill
    Oct 28 2024
    Judges Should Be Discerning Consensus, Not Evaluating Scientific Expertise. Dave Caudill from Villanova critiques and improves upon Ed Cheng's proposal to have courts defer to expert consensus rather than screening expert evidence through Daubert. The episode features some guest concluding remarks from Ed Cheng.
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  • 157 Alexa Perez

    157 Alexa Perez
    Oct 14 2024
    A Critical Analysis of Rap Shield Laws. Alexa Perez from Drake University examines how rap lyrics are handled by existing evidence rules and whether they should be the subject of special "rap shield" evidentiary rules.
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  • 156 Nila Bala

    156 Nila Bala
    Sep 30 2024
    Parent-Child Privilege as Resistance. Nila Bala from the University of California Davis discusses why there should be greater adoption of a parent-child privilege, and how it could be an important tool for resisting injustice and government overreaching.
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  • 155 Richard Friedman

    155 Richard Friedman
    Sep 16 2024
    A Proposal to Replace the Hearsay Rules. Rich Friedman from the University of Michigan offers a proposal to radically simplify and rationalize our much-maligned hearsay rule along Confrontation lines.
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  • 154 Christopher Sundby

    154 Christopher Sundby
    Sep 2 2024
    The Neuroscience of the Present Sense Impression. Chris Sundby from Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A. discusses his experiments probing the neuroscientific and psychological bases of the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule.
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