The Record

Preview: Winter 2013 Issue

YJoLT is once again pleased to offer a preview of our upcoming Winter issue.  This year, we’ve selected BJ Ard’s timely and thought-provoking new article, “Confidentiality and the Problem of Third Parties: Protecting Reader Privacy in the Age of Intermediaries.”

Brain-Based Lie Detection: Out of the Courtroom, But for How Long?

Kim Farbota

In recent years neuroscience-based arguments have been cropping up in courtrooms with increasing frequency. Litigators have attempted to use brain scans to demonstrate reduced capacity, and more recently to prove the veracity of a client’s statements.

Face/Off: The Battle To Authenticate With Biometrics

Mike Serra
April 15, 2021

Introduction

Surveillance State 2.0: Beta-Tested in China, Coming Soon to...?

Ryan J. Mitchell, Can Sun

Looking back one day, we may find that one of the great stories of the ‘Teens was the dawning recognition that a new kind of surveillance state was emerging, not just nationally, but globally. [1]

Italian Courts Weigh Science and Tradition in L’Aquila Earthquake Litigation

Ben Cain

On October 22, 2012, Italian judge Marco Billi announced a verdict convicting seven men, six prominent scientists and one civil servant, of multiple manslaughter in connection with their public comments before the devastating 2009 L’Aquila earthquake.  If the verdict and sentence survive appellate review, each man will face six years in prison and liability for nearly $12 million in damages.