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Jeff Bellin

@bellinj.bsky.social

William & Mary Law School Professor

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Jeff Bellin@bellinj.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The inaugural Evidence Roundtable at Vanderbilt Law School. We theorized "simplified evidence rules" for disputes that don't require the complexity of the federal rules with a group of wonderful scholars (pictured) and judges (not pictured). Stay tuned evidence world for future roundtables...

picture of about 10 scholars
Jeff Bellin@bellinj.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Perhaps of interest.... While legal ethics codes and the U.S. Constitution require a prosecutor to have "probable cause" to support a charge, there is broad agreement that prosecutors should apply a stricter charging standard, although exactly what is less clear. I offer my take in a 2020 article:

Putting the above-described standards together reveals a concrete evidentiary charging standard: a prosecutor should only charge a case when the prosecutor expects that the evidence introduced at trial will prove the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. I
Jeff Bellin@bellinj.bsky.social · last yr.

A legitimate - I think - retailer selling used copies of my $35 casebook for $250. (I guess they just assume the retail price is $300 since it is a law school casebook.)

Used copy of book selling for $249.
Jeff Bellin@bellinj.bsky.social · last yr.

This is one of the many - how have they not answered that yet? - cases in Fourth Amendment doctrine. Might also offer guidance on analyzing exigent circumstances that are safety- not crime-focused.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last yr.

The Supreme Court also took up this very interesting Fourth Amendment case asking when cops can enter a home without a warrant based on their belief that an emergency is taking place. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Whether law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring, or whether the emergency-aid exception requires probable cause.
Bennett Capers@bennettcapers.bsky.social · last yr.

It's live! Very proud of this piece I wrote with Jeffrey Bellin (@bellinj.bsky.social) for the Yale Law Journal. And thanks to Dave Pozen of Columbia Law School for writing such a provocative book for us to engage with! www.yalelawjournal.org/review/race-...

Race, the Academy, and <i>The Constitution of the War on Drugs</i>

David Pozen’s new book chronicles the constitutional arguments that American litigants once deployed to protect a “right” to use drugs. This Review supplements and critiques Pozen’s important contribu...

yalelawjournal.org

Jeff Bellin@bellinj.bsky.social · last yr.

The good news is there are high quality, low-cost alternatives in many fields (especially Evidence 😀). My take on the general question - "The High Cost of Law School Casebooks" - is available here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brian L. Frye@brianlfrye.bsky.social · last yr.

1. I will never assign a commercial casebook, because commercial casebook publishers are leeches sucking our students dry, with our help. It’s embarrassing that we continue to publish & assign commercial casebooks, especially when open-access alternatives are available.