Ronald J. Allen

Publications

• Minimal Rationality and The Law of Evidence
  115 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 269 (2025) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2025
• Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Doesn't Exist: Except as an Emergent Property of a Complex Adaptive System
  115 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 783 (2025) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2025

• Fiddling While Rome Burns: The Story of the Federal Rules and Experts
  86 FORDHAM L. REV. 1551 (2018) · Fordham Law Review · 2018
• Explanations and the Preponderance Standard: Still Kicking Rocks with Dr. Johnson
  48 SETON HALL L. REV. (2018) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2018
• The Declining Utility of Analyzing Burdens of Persuasion
  48 SETON HALL L. REV. (2018) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2018
• The Hearsay Rule as a Rule of Admission Revisited
  84 FORDHAM L. REV. 1395 (2016) · Fordham Law Review · 2016
• How to Think About Errors, Costs, and Their Allocation
  64 FLA. L. REV. 885 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• The Devastating Impact of Prior Crimes Evidence and Other Myths of the Criminal Justice Process
  101 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 493 (2011) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2011
• Deadly Dilemmas III: Some Kind Words for Preventive Detention
  101 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 781 (2011) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2011
• <i>Daubert</i> and its Discontents
  76 BROOK. L. REV. (2010) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2010
• Conley as a Special Case of Twombly and Iqbal: Exploring the Intersection of Evidence and Procedure and the Nature of Rules
  115 DICK. L. REV. 1 (2010) · Dickinson Law Review (1908-2003) · 2010
• Opening Remarks
  100 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 635 (2010) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2010

• Deadly Dilemmas II: Bail and Crime
  85 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 23 (2009) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2009
• From the Enlightenment to Crawford to Holmes
  39 SETON HALL L. REV. (2009) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2009
• Theorizing About Self-Incrimination
  30 CARDOZO L. REV. 729 (2008) · Cardozo Law Review · 2008
• An External Perspective on the Nature of Noneconomic Compensatory Damages and Their Regulation
  56 DEPAUL L. REV. 1249 (2007) · DePaul Law Review · 2007
• The Problematic Value of Mathematical Models of Evidence
  36 J. LEGAL STUD. (2007) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2007
• Further Reflections on the Guillotine
  95 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 625 (2005) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2005
• The Self-Incrimination Clause Explained and Its Future Predicted
  94 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 243 (2004) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2004
• Expertise and the Supreme Court: What is the Problem?
  34 SETON HALL L. REV. (2003) · Seton Hall Law Review · 2003
• Legal Phenomena, Knowledge, and Theory: A Cautionary Tale of Hedgehogs and Foxes
  77 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 683 (2002) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2002
• Common Sense, Rationality, and the Legal Process
  22 CARDOZO L. REV. 1417 (2001) · Cardozo Law Review · 2001
• Professor Israel, The Due Process Clause, and the Lessons of History
  45 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2001) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2001
• Naturalized Epistemology and the Law of Evidence
  87 VA. L. REV. 1491 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001
• Two Aspects of Law and Theory
  37 SAN DIEGO L. REV. (2000) · San Diego Law Review · 2000

• Clarifying Entrapment
  89 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 407 (1999) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1999
• The Fourth Amendment and the Limits of Theory: Local Versus General Theoretical Knowledge
  72 ST. JOHN'S L. REV. (1999) · St. John's Law Review · 1999
• Truth and its Rivals
  49 UC L.J. 309 (1998) · UC Law Journal · 1998
• Montana v. Egelhoff--Reflections on the Limits of Legislative Imagination and Judicial Authority
  87 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 633 (1997) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1997
• The Simpson Affair, Reform of the Criminal Justice Process, and Magic Bullets
  67 U. COLO. L. REV. 989 (1996) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1996
• Rules, Logic, and Judgment
  16 MISS. COLL. L. REV. (1996) · Mississippi College Law Review · 1996
• Expertise and the Daubert Decision
  84 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 1157 (1994) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1994
• The Myth of Conditional Relevancy
  25 LOY. L. A. L. REV. 871 (1992) · Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review · 1992
• The Evolution of the Hearsay Rule to a Rule of Admission
  76 MINN. L. REV. 797 (1992) · Minnesota Law Review · 1992
• Work Product Revisited: A Comment on Rethinking Work Product
  78 VA. L. REV. 949 (1992) · Virginia Law Review · 1992
• The State of Mind Necessary for a Juridical Verdict
  13 CARDOZO L. REV. 485 (1991) · Cardozo Law Review · 1991
• The Nature of Juridicial Proof
  13 CARDOZO L. REV. 373 (1991) · Cardozo Law Review · 1991
• NITA and the University
  66 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 705 (1991) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1991
• Foreword--Evidence, Inference, Rules, and Judgment in Consitutional Adjudication: The Intriguing Case of Walton v. Arizona
  81 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 727 (1991) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1991
• The Pressures and Prospects for Change
  81 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY (1990) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1990
• A Positive Theory of the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine
  19 J. LEGAL STUD. (1990) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1990

• Unexplored Aspects of the Theory of the Right to Trial by Jury
  66 WASH. U. L. REV. 33 (1988) · Washington University Law Review · 1988
• Heath v. Alabama: A Case Study of Doctrine and Rationality in the Supreme Court
  76 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 801 (1986) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1986
• Evidentiary Problems in—And Solutions For—the Uniform Commercial Code
  33 DUKE L.J. 92 (1984) · Duke Law Journal · 1984
• Foreword: The Nature of Discretion
  47 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. (1984) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 1984
• Rationality and Accuracy in the Criminal Process: A Discordant Note on the Harmonizing of the Justices' Views on Burdens of Persuasion in Criminal Cases
  74 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 1147 (1983) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1983

• The National Initiative Proposal: A Preliminary Analysis
  58 NEB. L. REV. 965 (1979) · Nebraska Law Review · 1979
• The Restoration of <em>In re Winship</em>: A Comment on Burdens of Persuasion in Criminal Cases After <em>Patterson v. New York</em>
  76 MICH. L. REV. 30 (1977) · Michigan Law Review · 1977
• Police and Substantive Rulemaking: A Brief Rejoinder
  125 U. PENN. L. REV. 1172 (1977) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1977
• Scientific Evidence in Criminal Cases; Scientific and Expert Evidence in Criminal Advocacy
  25 BUFF. L. REV. 441 (1976) · Buffalo Law Review · 1976
• Police and Substantive Rulemaking: Reconciling Principle and Expediency
  125 U. PENN. L. REV. 62 (1976) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1976
• Retribution in a Modern Penal Law: The Principle of Aggravated Harm
  25 BUFF. L. REV. 1 (1975) · Buffalo Law Review · 1975
• The Future of Imprisonment
  73 MICH. L. REV. 1517 (1975) · Michigan Law Review · 1975
• Review Article
  73 MICH. L. REV. 1517 (1975) · Michigan Law Review · 1975