Michael J. Saks

Publications

• Does Research Funding Affect Research Findings?
  74 DEPAUL L. REV. 619 (2025) · DePaul Law Review · 2025
• Why Explaining the Impact of Excluding Preexisting Conditions From a Health Insurance Policy Is So Difficult: Experimental Evidence and Policy Implications
  Northwestern University Law Review · 2025
• The Continuing Risk of Forensic Error and Fraud
  49 SETON HALL J. LEGIS. & PUB. POL'Y (2025) · Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy · 2025
• The Paradoxes of Defensive Medicine
  30 HEALTH MATRIX 25 (2020) · Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine · 2020

• The Disregarded Necessity: Validity Testing of Forensic Feature-Comparison Techniques
  48 SETON HALL L. REV. (2018) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2018
• Individualization Claims in Forensic Science: Still Unwarranted
  75 BROOK. L. REV. (2010) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2010

• Communicating Opinion Evidence in the Forensic Identification Sciences: Accuracy and Impact
  59 UC L.J. 1159 (2008) · UC Law Journal · 2008
• The Case for Overturning <i>Williams v. Florida</i> and the Six-Person Jury: History, Law, and Empirical Evidence
  60 FLA. L. REV. 441 (2008) · Florida Law Review · 2008
• The Individualization Fallacy in Forensic Science Evidence
  61 VAND. L. REV. 199 (2008) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2008
• Rule Violations and the Rule of Law: A Factorial Survey of Public Attitudes
  56 DEPAUL L. REV. 615 (2007) · DePaul Law Review · 2007
• Protecting Factfinders from Being Overly Misled, While Still Admitting to Weakly Supported Forensic Science into Evidence
  43 TULSA L. REV. 609 (2007) · Tulsa Law Review · 2007
• A Multiattribute Utility Analysis of Legal System Responses to Medical Injuries
  54 DEPAUL L. REV. 277 (2005) · DePaul Law Review · 2005
• The Legal and Scientific Evaluation of Forensic Science (Especially Fingerprint Expert Testimony)
  33 SETON HALL L. REV. (2003) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2003
• The Daubert/Kumho Implications of Observer Effects in Forensic Science: Hidden Problems of Expectation and Suggestion
  90 CAL. L. REV. 1 (2002) · California Law Review · 2002
• Scientific Evidence and the Ethical Obligations of Attorneys
  49 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 421 (2001) · Cleveland State Law Review · 2001
• Reply Essay: How Good is Good Enough: Expert Evidence under <i>Dauber</i>t and <i>Kumho</i>
  50 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 645 (2000) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2000
• Banishing Ipse Dixit: The Impact of Kumho Tire on Forensic Identification Science
  57 WASH. & LEE L. REV. 879 (2000) · Washington and Lee Law Review · 2000

• Juror Judgments about Liability and Damages: Sources of Viriability and Ways to Increase Consistency
  48 DEPAUL L. REV. 301 (1999) · DePaul Law Review · 1999
• Public Opinion about the Civil Jury: Can Reality Be Found in the Illusions?
  48 DEPAUL L. REV. 221 (1999) · DePaul Law Review · 1999
• Comments on the Vidmar and Diamond Studies
  48 DEPAUL L. REV. 423 (1999) · DePaul Law Review · 1999
• Decisionmaking About General Damages: A Comparison of Jurors, Judges, and Lawyers
  98 MICH. L. REV. 751 (1999) · Michigan Law Review · 1999
• Brave New "Post-Daubert World" - A Reply to Professor Moenssens
  29 SETON HALL L. REV. (1998) · Seton Hall Law Review · 1998
• Merlin and Solomon: Lessons from the Law's Formative Encounters with Forensic Identification Science
  49 UC L.J. 1069 (1998) · UC Law Journal · 1998
• Check Your Crystal Ball at the Courthouse Door, Please: Exploring the Past, Understanding the Present, and Worrying About the Future of Scientific Evidence
  15 CARDOZO L. REV. 1799 (1994) · Cardozo Law Review · 1994
• Medical Malpractice: Facing Real Problems and Finding Real Solutions
  35 WM. & MARY L. REV. 693 (1994) · William & Mary Law Review · 1994
• Judicial Nullification
  68 IND. L.J. (1993) · Indiana Law Journal · 1993
• Innovations for Improving Courtroom Communications and Views from Appellate Courts
  68 IND. L.J. (1993) · Indiana Law Journal · 1993
• Do We Really Know Anything About the Behavior of the Tort Litigation System-And Why Not
  140 U. PENN. L. REV. 1147 (1992) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1992
• Flying Blind in the Courtroom: Trying Cases without Knowing What Works or Why
  101 YALE L.J. 1177 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• What DNA “Fingerprinting” Can Teach the Law About the Rest of Forensic Science
  13 CARDOZO L. REV. 361 (1991) · Cardozo Law Review · 1991
• Turning Practice into Progress: Better Lawyering through Experimentation
  66 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 801 (1991) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1991

• Exorcism of Ignorance as a Proxy for Rational Knowledge: The Lessons of Handwriting Identification Expertise
  137 U. PENN. L. REV. 731 (1989) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1989
• Enhancing the Restraining Accuracy in Adjudication
  51 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 243 (1988) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1988
• If There Be a Crisis, How Shall We Know It?
  46 MD. L. REV. 63 (1986) · Maryland Law Review · 1986
• Review Article
  80 MICH. L. REV. 868 (1982) · Michigan Law Review · 1982

• On Tapp (and Levine)
  77 MICH. L. REV. 892 (1979) · Michigan Law Review · 1979