Vanderbilt Law Review back issues from January 2008:
Offender Profiling and Expert Testimony: Scientifically Valid or Glorified Results?
Jan 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION Holmes laughed. 'Watson insists that I am the dramatist in real life,' said he. 'Some touch of the artist wells up within me, and calls insistently for a well-staged performance. Surely our profession, Mr. Mac, would be a drab and sordid one if we did not sometimes set ...
Changing the Rules of Establishment Clause Litigation: An Alternative to the Public Expression of Religion Act
Jan 01, 2008; ... I. INTRODUCTION In 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") threatened to sue the city of Redlands, California, if it did not remove a small cross from its city seal.1 The cross represented the city's religious heritage and its history as a city of churches.2 Instead of facing ...
The Individualization Fallacy in Forensic Science Evidence
Jan 01, 2008; ... Forensic scientists across a broad array of sub-specialties have long maintained that they can link an unknown mark (e.g., a partial fingerprint or tireprint) to a unique source. Yet no scientific basis exists for this assertion, which is sustained largely by a faulty probabilistic intuition ...
Chief Judges: The Limits of Attitudinal Theory and Possible Paradox of Managerial Judging
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chief judges wield power. Among other things, they control judicial assignments, circulate petitions to their colleagues, and manage internal requests and disputes. When exercising this power, do chiefs seek to serve as impartial court administrators or do they attempt to manufacture case ...
Constitutional Evidence Law
Jan 01, 2008; ... This Article identifies the causes and consequences of a puzzling asymmetry in constitutional law. Of the three facets of adjudicative fact-finding-evidence, procedure, and rules of decision-only two are constitutionalized. Constitutional law regulates procedural and decisional rules-not whether ...
Is There A Moral Justification For Redressing Historical Injustices?
Jan 01, 2008; ... In recent years, there have been lively popular and academic debates in the United States and elsewhere about whether to redress injustices committed decades and sometime centuries ago. This Article examines whether there is a moral justification for repairing historical injustices. My theme is ...