Critical Evidence

Foreword Edward Cheng; Introduction Bennett Capers, Jasmine E. Harris and Julia Simon-Kerr; Part I. Introduction to the Field and Its Actors: Section1. The Rulemakers; Introduction; Prosecutors and Federal Evidence Rulemaking Julia Simon-Kerr; Evidence Rulemaking and Community Participation Ngozi Okidegbe; The Living Rules of Evidence Alex Nunn; Section 2. And Jurors; Introduction; Factual Ambiguity and a Theory of Evidence Ronald Allen; The Jury's Rise as Lie Detector George Fisher; (Un)Common Knowledge and Experience Jasmine E. Harris; Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, Jury Secrecy, and the Performance of Racial Justice Daniel S. Harawa; Part II. The Rules: Section 1. Relevance and Prejudice; Introduction; Relevance, Reconsidered Asees Bhasin; The Relevance and Prejudice of Poverty Evidence Michele Gilman; Toward a Critical Race Theory of Evidence Jasmine Gonzales Rose; Section 2. Character Evidence; Introduction; Character (Evidence) Assassination Andrea Dennis; Disability as a Character Chameleon Jasmine E. Harris; Different Spanks for Different Ranks: A Critical Appraisal of Character Evidence in Courts-Martial Franklin D. Rosenblatt; Evidence Without Rules Bennett Capers; Judging Demeanor Kiel Brennan-Marquez and Julia Simon-Kerr; Section 3. Credibility; Introduction; Law's Credibility Problem Julia Simon-Kerr; Teaching Impeachment Anna Roberts; Section 4. Sex Trials; Introduction; Real Women, Real Rape Bennett Capers; Unchaste and Incredible: The Use of Gendered Conceptions of Honor in Impeachment Julia Simon-Kerr; Feminist Take(s) on (Sexual) Bad Acts Caroline Davidson; Section 5. Hearsay and Confrontation; Introduction; The Neglected Origins of the Hearsay Rule in American Slavery: Recovering Queen v. Hepburn David Alan Sklansky; Examining the American Hearsay Prohibition's Roots in Slavery Jeffrey Bellin; Hearsay and Confrontation from a Feminist Gaze Aviva Orenstein; Hearsay in Immigration Proceedings and the Problem with Symmetry Gabriela Rodriguez; Section 6. Experts; Introduction; Who Says You're Disabled? The Role of Medical Evidence in the ADA Definition of Disability Deirdre Smith; Recalibrating Expert Testimony Valena E. Beatty and Jennifer Oliva; Presumed Expertise: Police Officer Opinion Testimony Alexis Hoag-Fordjour; Party-Blind Review: A Proposal to Reduce Judicial Bias in Expert Evidence Admissibility Rulings Rebecca Wexler; Unequal Burdens of Proof: Racism, Legal Epistemic Injustice, and Opinion Testimony Jasmine Gonzales Rose; Section 7. Privileges; Introduction; Underprivileged: A ClassCrit Perspective on Evidentiary Privileges Tom Lininger; Parent-Child Privilege as Resistance Nila Bala; Part III. Expanding Evidence; Section 1. Decarceration and Abolition; Introduction; Bending Evidence Rules Towards Decarceration Erin Collins; Reimagining Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as a Non-Reformist Reform Maneka Sinha; Section 2. And Beyond; Introduction; The Incoherence of Evidence Law Alex Nunn; The Anti-Transgender Medical Expert Industry Alejandra Caraballo; Race is Evidence/Evidence is Race: Flipping the Script on the 'Racial Lens' Montré Carodine.