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Introduction of Jack B. Weinstein, 38 Seton Hall L. Rev. 861 (2008)

Research on Eyewitness Testimony and False Confessions, Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom (2008)

Evidence Law to Protect the Civil Defendant, but Not the Accused , Law and Class in America: Trends Since the Cold War (2006)

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From the Wrong End of the Telescope: A Response to Professor David Bernstein, 104 Mich. L. Rev. 1983 (2006)

In this article the authors respond to Professor David Bernstein's critique of their article advocating...

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Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges IV: Agent Orange and Research on Human Behavior], 15 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2006)

The Impact of DNA Exonerations on the Criminal Justice System, 34 J.L. Med. & Ethics 320 (2006)

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Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges III: Maintaining the Integrity of Scientific Research and Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings], 13 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2005)

Student Edition of Weinstein’s Evidence Manual (with J.B. Weinstein) (2005)

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Uncertainty and Informed Choice: Unmasking Daubert (with Aaron Twerski), 104 Mich. L. Rev. 257 (2005)

What Has a Decade of Daubert Wrought?, 95 Am. J. Pub. Health S59, Supp. 1 (2005)

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Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges II: The Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science], 12 J.L. & Pol’y 485 (2004)

Lessons From DNA: Restriking the Balance Between Finality and Justice, DNA and the Criminal Justice System: The Technology of Justice (2004)

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Expert Testimony in Criminal Proceedings: Questions Daubert Does Not Answer, 33 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1125 (2003)

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Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges I: Papers on Toxicology and Epidemiology], 12 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2003)

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Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Tort Litigation, and the Public Good: A Roundtable Discussion to Honor One of America’s Great Trial Judges on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday [Participant], 12 J.L. & Pol’y. 149 (2003)

Raising the Bar: The Impact of DNA Testing on the Field of Forensics , Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 2000-2001 Lecture Series (2002)

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Introduction [Symposium: DNA Lessons From the Past -- Problems for the Future] (with Bailey H. Kuklin), 67 Brook. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

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Upsetting The Balance Between Adverse Interests: The Impact of The Supreme Court's Trilogy on Expert Testimony in Toxic Tort Litigation, 64 Law & Contemp. Probs. 289 (2001)

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When is Clinical Psychology Like Astrology?, 33 Ariz. St. L.J. 75 (2001)

"Expert Testimony: The Supreme Court's Rules [reprinted in 6 BLS LawNotes 28 (Winter 2001)], 16 Issues Sci. & Tech. 57 (2000)

Conceptions of Science: Defining the Disconnect [Panelist] , National Conference on Science and the Law Proceedings (2000)

The Supreme Court's Trilogy on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony , Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (2000)

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Converting Unknown Risk into Phantom Risk (reviewing K.R. Foster, D.E. Bernstein, and P.W. Huber eds., Phantom Risk: Scientific Inference and the Law (1999)), Books-on-Law (1999)

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Teaching U.S. Evidence Law in the 21st Century (edited version of a speech given at the Evidence Section of 1999 AALS annual meeting), International Commentary on Evidence (1999)

This is an edited version of a speech given at the Evidence Section of the...

Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioner (Lilly v. Virginia) (1999)

Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests (National Committee on the Future of DNA Evidence, reporter) (1999)

Student Edition of Weinstein's Evidence Manual (with J. B. Weinstein) (1999)

Brief of Margaret A. Berger, Edward J. Imwinkelried, and Stephen A. Saltzburg as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents (Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Carmichael) (1998)

Brief of Law Professors Paul F. Rothstein, Ronald J. Allen, Margaret A. Berger ... as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioner (Office of the President v.Office of Independent Counsel) (1997)

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Eliminating General Causation: Notes Towards a New Theory of Justice and Toxic Torts, 97 Colum. L. Rev. 2117 (1997)

Evidence: Cases and Materials (with J. B. Weinstein, J. Mansfield, and N. Abrams) (1997)

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Laboratory Error Seen Through the Lens of Science and Policy, 30 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1081 (1997)

How Would or Should the Supreme Court Interpret the Definitions in Rule 801 [essay written as part of electronic Hearsay Symposium held on the Internet, Summer 1995], 16 Miss. L.J. 13, 99, 103 (1995)

Evidentiary Framework, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (1994)

Novel Forensic Evidence: The Need for Court-Appointed Experts after Daubert, 1 Shepard's Expert & Sci. Evidence Q. 487 (1994)

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Procedural Paradigms for Applying the Daubert Test, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 1345 (1994)

Science and Technology in Judicial Decision Making: Creating Opportunities and Meeting Challenges: A Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (1993)

Brief of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals) (1992)

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Rethinking the Applicability of Evidentiary Rules at Sentencing: Of Relevant Conduct and Hearsay and the Need for an Infield Fly Rule, 5 Fed. Sent. R. 96 (1992)

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The Deconstitutionalization of the Confrontation Clause: A Proposal for a Prosecutorial Restraint Model, 76 Minn. L. Rev. 557 (1992)

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When, If Ever, Does Evidentiary Error Constitute Reversible Error?, 25 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 893 (1992)

Procedural and Evidentiary Mechanisms for Dealing with Experts in Toxic Tort Litigation: A Critique and Proposal: A Consultant Report (1991)

Brief of the American Civil Liberties as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent (Idaho v. Wright) (1990)

Screening Expert Testimony: The Court's Role, 1 Prod. Liab. L.J. 253 (1989)

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United States v. Scop: The Common Law Approach to an Expert's Opinion about a Witness's Credibility Still Does Not Work, 55 Brook. L. Rev. 559 (1989)

Brooklyn's Seminar Sections Reap Early Benefits, Syllabus (1988)

Cases and Materials on Evidence (with J. B. Weinstein, J. Mansfield, and N. Abrams) (1988)

Weinstein's Evidence Manual: A Guide to the United States Rules Based on Weinstein's Evidence (& Supp., 1987-) (with J. B. Weinstein) (1987)

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A Relevancy Approach to Novel Scientific Evidence, 26 Jurimetrics J. 245 (1986)

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The Federal Rules of Evidence: Defining and Refining the Goals of Codification, 12 Hofstra L. Rev. 255 (1984)

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Commentary: The Privileges Article in the New York Proposed Code of Evidence, 47 Brook. L. Rev. 1405 (1981)

Litigation on Behalf of Women: A Review for the Ford Foundation (1980)

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Other Crimes Evidence: A Unified Approach to Severance and Admissibility, 45 Brook. L. Rev. 1117 (1979)

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Introduction to a Symposium on the Federal Rules of Evidence, 5 Hofstra L. Rev. 1 (1976)

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Privileges, Presumptions and Competency of Witnesses in the Federal Court: A Federal Choice-of-Laws Rule, 42 Brook. L. Rev. 417 (1976)

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An Introduction to the Federal Rules of Evidence, 2 Litigation 8 (1975)

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How the Privilege for Governmental Information Met Its Watergate, 25 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 747 (1975)

Weinstein's Evidence: Commentary on Rules of Evidence for the United States Courts and Magistrates (& Supp., 1975- ) (with J. B. Weinstein) (1975)

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Selected Works of Margaret A. Berger

Margaret A. Berger

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Introduction of Jack B. Weinstein, 38 Seton Hall L. Rev. 861 (2008)

Research on Eyewitness Testimony and False Confessions, Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom (2008)

Evidence Law to Protect the Civil Defendant, but Not the Accused , Law and Class in America: Trends Since the Cold War (2006)

From the Wrong End of the Telescope: A Response to Professor David Bernstein, 104 Mich. L. Rev. 1983 (2006)

Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges IV: Agent Orange and Research on Human Behavior], 15 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2006)

The Impact of DNA Exonerations on the Criminal Justice System, 34 J.L. Med. & Ethics 320 (2006)

Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges III: Maintaining the Integrity of Scientific Research and Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings], 13 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2005)

Student Edition of Weinstein’s Evidence Manual (with J.B. Weinstein) (2005)

Uncertainty and Informed Choice: Unmasking Daubert (with Aaron Twerski), 104 Mich. L. Rev. 257 (2005)

What Has a Decade of Daubert Wrought?, 95 Am. J. Pub. Health S59, Supp. 1 (2005)

Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges II: The Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science], 12 J.L. & Pol’y 485 (2004)

Lessons From DNA: Restriking the Balance Between Finality and Justice, DNA and the Criminal Justice System: The Technology of Justice (2004)

Expert Testimony in Criminal Proceedings: Questions Daubert Does Not Answer, 33 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1125 (2003)

Introduction [Symposium: Science For Judges I: Papers on Toxicology and Epidemiology], 12 J.L. & Pol’y. 1 (2003)

Judge Jack B. Weinstein, Tort Litigation, and the Public Good: A Roundtable Discussion to Honor One of America’s Great Trial Judges on the Occasion of his 80th Birthday [Participant], 12 J.L. & Pol’y. 149 (2003)

Raising the Bar: The Impact of DNA Testing on the Field of Forensics , Perspectives on Crime and Justice: 2000-2001 Lecture Series (2002)

Introduction [Symposium: DNA Lessons From the Past -- Problems for the Future] (with Bailey H. Kuklin), 67 Brook. L. Rev. 1 (2001)

Upsetting The Balance Between Adverse Interests: The Impact of The Supreme Court's Trilogy on Expert Testimony in Toxic Tort Litigation, 64 Law & Contemp. Probs. 289 (2001)

When is Clinical Psychology Like Astrology?, 33 Ariz. St. L.J. 75 (2001)

"Expert Testimony: The Supreme Court's Rules [reprinted in 6 BLS LawNotes 28 (Winter 2001)], 16 Issues Sci. & Tech. 57 (2000)

Conceptions of Science: Defining the Disconnect [Panelist] , National Conference on Science and the Law Proceedings (2000)

The Supreme Court's Trilogy on the Admissibility of Expert Testimony , Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (2000)

Converting Unknown Risk into Phantom Risk (reviewing K.R. Foster, D.E. Bernstein, and P.W. Huber eds., Phantom Risk: Scientific Inference and the Law (1999)), Books-on-Law (1999)

Teaching U.S. Evidence Law in the 21st Century (edited version of a speech given at the Evidence Section of 1999 AALS annual meeting), International Commentary on Evidence (1999)

Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Petitioner (Lilly v. Virginia) (1999)

Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendations for Handling Requests (National Committee on the Future of DNA Evidence, reporter) (1999)

Student Edition of Weinstein's Evidence Manual (with J. B. Weinstein) (1999)

Brief of Margaret A. Berger, Edward J. Imwinkelried, and Stephen A. Saltzburg as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondents (Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Carmichael) (1998)

Brief of Law Professors Paul F. Rothstein, Ronald J. Allen, Margaret A. Berger ... as Amici Curiae in Support of the Petitioner (Office of the President v.Office of Independent Counsel) (1997)

Eliminating General Causation: Notes Towards a New Theory of Justice and Toxic Torts, 97 Colum. L. Rev. 2117 (1997)

Evidence: Cases and Materials (with J. B. Weinstein, J. Mansfield, and N. Abrams) (1997)

Laboratory Error Seen Through the Lens of Science and Policy, 30 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1081 (1997)

How Would or Should the Supreme Court Interpret the Definitions in Rule 801 [essay written as part of electronic Hearsay Symposium held on the Internet, Summer 1995], 16 Miss. L.J. 13, 99, 103 (1995)

Evidentiary Framework, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (1994)

Novel Forensic Evidence: The Need for Court-Appointed Experts after Daubert, 1 Shepard's Expert & Sci. Evidence Q. 487 (1994)

Procedural Paradigms for Applying the Daubert Test, 78 Minn. L. Rev. 1345 (1994)

Science and Technology in Judicial Decision Making: Creating Opportunities and Meeting Challenges: A Report of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (1993)

Brief of the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party (Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals) (1992)

Rethinking the Applicability of Evidentiary Rules at Sentencing: Of Relevant Conduct and Hearsay and the Need for an Infield Fly Rule, 5 Fed. Sent. R. 96 (1992)

The Deconstitutionalization of the Confrontation Clause: A Proposal for a Prosecutorial Restraint Model, 76 Minn. L. Rev. 557 (1992)

When, If Ever, Does Evidentiary Error Constitute Reversible Error?, 25 Loy. L.A. L. Rev. 893 (1992)

Procedural and Evidentiary Mechanisms for Dealing with Experts in Toxic Tort Litigation: A Critique and Proposal: A Consultant Report (1991)

Brief of the American Civil Liberties as Amicus Curiae in Support of the Respondent (Idaho v. Wright) (1990)

Screening Expert Testimony: The Court's Role, 1 Prod. Liab. L.J. 253 (1989)

United States v. Scop: The Common Law Approach to an Expert's Opinion about a Witness's Credibility Still Does Not Work, 55 Brook. L. Rev. 559 (1989)

Brooklyn's Seminar Sections Reap Early Benefits, Syllabus (1988)

Cases and Materials on Evidence (with J. B. Weinstein, J. Mansfield, and N. Abrams) (1988)

Weinstein's Evidence Manual: A Guide to the United States Rules Based on Weinstein's Evidence (& Supp., 1987-) (with J. B. Weinstein) (1987)

A Relevancy Approach to Novel Scientific Evidence, 26 Jurimetrics J. 245 (1986)

The Federal Rules of Evidence: Defining and Refining the Goals of Codification, 12 Hofstra L. Rev. 255 (1984)

Commentary: The Privileges Article in the New York Proposed Code of Evidence, 47 Brook. L. Rev. 1405 (1981)

Litigation on Behalf of Women: A Review for the Ford Foundation (1980)

Other Crimes Evidence: A Unified Approach to Severance and Admissibility, 45 Brook. L. Rev. 1117 (1979)

Introduction to a Symposium on the Federal Rules of Evidence, 5 Hofstra L. Rev. 1 (1976)

Privileges, Presumptions and Competency of Witnesses in the Federal Court: A Federal Choice-of-Laws Rule, 42 Brook. L. Rev. 417 (1976)

An Introduction to the Federal Rules of Evidence, 2 Litigation 8 (1975)

How the Privilege for Governmental Information Met Its Watergate, 25 Case W. Res. L. Rev. 747 (1975)

Weinstein's Evidence: Commentary on Rules of Evidence for the United States Courts and Magistrates (& Supp., 1975- ) (with J. B. Weinstein) (1975)

Basic Rules of Relevancy in the Proposed Federal Rules of Evidence (with J. B. Weinstein), 4 Ga. L. Rev. 43 (1969)