Category Archives: Evidence

Nathan A. Frazier, Amending for Justice’s Sake: Codified Disclosure Rule Needed to Provide Guidance to Prosecutor’s Duty to Disclose

63 Fla. L. Rev. 771 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: “I wouldn’t wish what I am going through on anyone,” Senator Ted Stevens commented after losing his seat in the United States Senate on November 18, 2008. Senator Stevens … Continue reading

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Robert A. Garda, Jr., The White Interest in School Integration

63 Fla. L. Rev. 599 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: Discussions concerning desegregation, affirmative action, and voluntary integration focus primarily, if not exclusively, on whether such policies harm or benefit minorities. Scant attention is paid to the benefits whites … Continue reading

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Sung Hui Kim, Naked Self-Interest? Why the Legal Profession Resists Gatekeeping

63 Fla. L. Rev. 129 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: This Article asks and answers the following question: why does the legal profession resist gatekeeping? Or, put another way, why do lawyers resist duties that require them to act … Continue reading

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Benjamin J. Steinberg, Discounted Medical Bills and Conflicting Applications of Florida Statutes §768.76 as A Rule of Evidence

62 Fla. L. Rev. 1431 (2010) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Marcie was a loving mother and a hard worker. But all of this was stripped away in an instant. Marcie lost both her daughter and her ability to … Continue reading

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David A. Anderson, Confidential Sources Reconsidered

61 Fla. L. Rev. 883 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: For fifty years, the courts have debated whether the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press requires that journalists be allowed to protect confidential sources. Many state … Continue reading

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Michael S. Pardo, Second-Order Proof Rules

61 Fla. L. Rev. 1083 (2009) | | | | ABSTRACT :: Proof rules in law dictate when facts have been proven. They do so by specifying a level of proof such as by a preponderance of the evidence, by … Continue reading

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