Episodes

  • 174 Edith Beerdsen

    174 Edith Beerdsen
    Mar 2 2026
    Strategy for Strategy's Sake. Edith Beerdsen from Temple University asks whether strategic or "sporting" behavior has any place in a system of legal proof, and when being clever goes too far.
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  • 173 Asees Bhasin & Jasmine Gonzales Rose

    173 Asees Bhasin & Jasmine Gonzales Rose
    Feb 16 2026
    Antiracist Expert Evidence. Asess Bhasin from the University of Maryland and Jasmine Gonzales Rose from Boston University discuss the ways in which expert evidence can address racism and racial discrimination in our system of evidence and proof.
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  • 172 Laura Savarese

    172 Laura Savarese
    Feb 2 2026
    Children and the Making of Modern Evidence Law. Laura Savarese from Michigan State University discusses the role of children’s testimony and nineteenth-century child protection laws in the development of the law of evidence.
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  • 171 Alfred Yen

    171 Alfred Yen
    Nov 3 2025
    The Evidentiary Use and Misuse of Forensic Musicology in Copyright Litigation. Fred Yen from Boston College discusses the use of musicology experts in copyright litigation and what they should and should not be permitted to testify about.
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  • 170 Brandon Garrett

    170 Brandon Garrett
    Oct 20 2025
    Defending Due Process. Brandon Garrett from Duke University discusses his new book, Defending Due Process: Why Fairness Matters in a Polarized World.
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  • 169 Yan Fang

    169 Yan Fang
    Oct 6 2025
    Internet Technology Companies as Evidence Intermediaries. Yan Fang discusses the modern role of internet technology companies as significant repositories of evidence and how these companies fulfill their legal obligations.
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  • 168 Avani Mehta Sood

    168 Avani Mehta Sood
    Sep 22 2025
    Verdict Format on Trial. Avani Sood from NYU discusses the use of special verdicts in criminal cases, and why perhaps we should favor them instead of the traditional general verdict.
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  • 167 Jack Whiteley

    167 Jack Whiteley
    Sep 8 2025
    The Three-Verdict Problem. Jack Whiteley from the University of Minnesota discusses the Scottish tripartite system of jury verdicts, featuring verdicts of guilty, not guilty, and not proven.
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