Memory issues are well-known in legal trials that involve the reliability of eyewitnesses in criminal cases. However, the relevance of memory to law...
Evidence law controls what information will be admissible in court and when, how, and by whom it may be presented. It shapes not only the trial...
In the last few years, the Supreme Court has upended its doctrine of religious freedom under the First Amendment. The Court has explicitly rejected...
Professor Elizabeth Scott, the chief reporter of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Restatement of Children and the Law, has often observed that the...
In New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, Justice Thomas’s majority opinion announced that the key to applying originalist methodology...
Forensic evidence has become a common tool in police investigations and a familiar form of evidence at trial. Forensic scientists are trained to...
This article discusses the links between climate and debt sustainability by focusing on how climate mitigation and adaptation are paid for, and who...
Courts routinely use low cash bail as a financial incentive to ensure that released defendants appear in court and abstain from crime. This can create...
Scott Lilienfeld warned that psychology’s ideological uniformity would lead to premature closure on sensitive topics. He encouraged psychologists to...
We examined how the presentation of risk assessment results and the race of the person charged affected pretrial court actors’ recommendations to...
I’m writing about a book of mine that may be of interest to the election law community. The title is Public Law and Economics, my coauthor is Robert...
Given that no two acts, events, situations, and legal cases are identical, precedential constraint necessarily involves determining which two...
The practice of assessing and adjudicating competence for criminal adjudication in the United States developed largely without assistance from the U.S...
Gun-related violence and suicide in the United States are serious public health problems that are concentrated among young adults, especially those...
This comprehensive textbook applies economic analysis to public law. The economic analysis of law has revolutionized legal scholarship and teaching in...