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35 Jurimetrics J. 277 (1994-1995)
Probability and Proof in State v. Skipper: An Internet Exchange

handle is hein.journals/juraba35 and id is 299 raw text is: PROBABILITY AND PROOF IN STATE v. SKIPPER: AN INTERNET EXCHANGE Ronald J. Allen, David J. Balding, Peter Donnelly, Richard Friedman, David H. Kaye, Lewis Henry LaRue Roger C. Park, Bernard Robertson, Alexander Stein* This is not a conventional article. It is an edited version of messages sent to an Internet discussion list.1 The listings begin with the mention of a recent opinion of the Connecticut Supreme Court, parts of which are reproduced below. The listings soon move to broader issues concerning probability and other formal systems, their limitations, and their uses either in court or as devices for understanding legal proof.2 * Ronald G. Allen is Professor of Law, Northwestern University. David J. Balding is Lecturer in Probability and Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. Peter Donnelly is Professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago. Richard Friedman is Professor of Law, University of Michigan. David H. Kaye is Regents' Professor, College of Law, Arizona State University. Lewis Henry LaRue is Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University. Roger C. Park is Fredrikson & Byron Professor of Law, University of Minnesota. Bernard Robertson is Professor, Department of Business Law, Massey University, New Zealand. Alexander Stein is on the Law Faculty, Hebrew University, Israel. He is presently a visiting professor at the University of Miami. 1. This list, bayesian-evidence@massey.ac.nz, is maintained by Bernard Robertson of the Massey University, New Zealand. Additions and deletions have been made to the original messages to enhance the clarity of the remarks. For the sake of brevity and focus, many messages distributed on the list have not been included. The material in the footnotes was prepared by the editor, David H. Kaye, with contributions from Richard Friedman. 2. Many of these broader issues have been discussed in other publications. See generally, e.g., PROBABILITY AND INFERENCE IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE: THE LIMITS AND USES OF BAYESIANISM (Peter Tillers & Eric D. Green eds., 1988); Symposium, Decision and Inference in Litigation, 13 CARDOZO L. REV. 253-1079 (1991). To avoid excessive repetition, some of SPRING 1995

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