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Cornell Law School
Cornell University Library
Faust F. Rossi 
Samuel S. Leibowitz Professor of Trial Techniques
Books
New York Evidence Handbook (with Michael M. Martin and Daniel J. Capra) (New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2d ed. 2002).
Evidence for the Trial Lawyer (National Practice Institute, 2002).
Evidence for the Trial Lawyer (National Practice Institute, Continuing Professional Education, 2000).
Experts & Hearsay: What Every Trial Lawyer Must Know (National Practice Institute, Continuing Professional Education, 2000).
New York Evidence Handbook: Rules, Theory and Practice (with Michael M. Martinand and Daniel J. Capra) (New York: Aspen Law & Business, 1997).
Experts & Hearsay: What Every Trial Lawyer Must Know (National Practice Institute, Continuing Professional Education, 1995).
Evidence for the Trial Lawyer (Minneapolis: National Practice Institute, 1993).
Experts and Hearsay, What Every Lawyer Should Know (Minneapolis: National Practice Institute, 1993).
Expert Witnesses (Chicago: American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, 1991).
Evidence Lecture Outline (St. Paul: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1981).
Proposed Code of Evidence for the State of New York (with Jerome Prince and others) (St. Paul: West Publishing Co., 1980).
The Federal Rules of Evidence (Federal Publications, Inc., 1979).
Contributions to Books
"The Law of Expert Witnesses in the United States: Past, Present and Future," in The Expert in Litigation and Arbitration 215-50 (London: LLP Professional Publishing, D. Mark Cato, ed. 1999).
"Evidence Revisited: A Fresh Look at Some Old Rules," in Transcript of Proceedings of 35th Annual Advocacy Institute 249-69 (Ann Arbor: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1984).
"Propriety and Discoverability of Professional Witness Preparation: Successful Preparation and Trial of a Wrongful Death Case," in Transcript of Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth Annual Advocacy Institute (Ann Arbor: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1983).
"Expert Opinion: Successful Preparation and Trial of the Case with Multiple Defendants," in Transcript of the Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Advocacy Institute (Ann Arbor: Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1982).
"Historical Development of the Expert Witness," in Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law 82-91 (Springfield: Thomas, Richard Rosner, ed. 1982).
"Review of Significant Decisions in the Law of Evidence," in [Proceedings of the] Sixth Annual Fall Meeting, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (1981).
Articles
"The Scotsboro Trias: A Legal Lynching (Part II)," 29 Cornell Law Forum 3-12 (2003).
"The First Scotsboro Trials: A Legal Lynching," 29 Cornell Law Forum 2 (2002)
"A Memorial Tribute to Professor Bitner (Cornell Law Librarian from 1965 to 1976)" (with Claire M. Germain and Gray Thoron), Cornell Faculty Memorial Statements Booklet (November 2002).
"1999-2000 Survey of New York Law: Evidence," 51 Syracuse Law Review 489-544 (2001).
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"United States v. Alger Hiss: A Cold War Confrontation," 27 Cornell Law Forum 7-15 (2001).
"Survey: Evidence," 50 Syracuse Law Review 649-97 (2000).
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"Sacco and Vanzetti: Martyrs or Murderers?," 27 Cornell Law Forum 7-13 ( 2000).
"Survey: Evidence," 49 Syracuse Law Review 507-46 (1999).
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"Survey: Evidence," 48 Syracuse Law Review 659-713 (1998).
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"The Federal Rules of Evidence - Past, Present and Future: A Twenty Year Perspective," 28 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1271-82 (1995).
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"Evidence," 20 Litigation 24-25 (1994).
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"Daubert: In the Long Run, Defense May Be the Winner," 12 Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy 1, 4-7 (1993), republished in 27 Trial Lawyers Forum 15-18 (1993).
"A Call for the Perceptive Reformer," 16 Cornell Law Forum 10-12  (1989).
"Tribute to Peter W. Martin" (with Milton Gould, et al.), 73 Cornell Law Review vi-vii (1988).
"Corporations and Courts," Cornell Enterprise 21-29 Fall 1987 (Johnson Graduate School of Management).
"Gray Thoron, Dean and Colleague," 73 Cornell Law Review 13-14 (1987).
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"Modern Evidence and the Expert Witness," 12 Litigation 18-24, 65-66 (1985).
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"The Silent Revolution," 9 Litigation 13-19, 59-60 (1983) (republished in The Litigation Manual: A Primer for Trial Lawyers 184-90 (Chicago: Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 1983)).
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"Evidence Highlights," 7 Docket (Fall/Winter, 1983) (National Institute for Trial Advocacy).
"Introduction to the Second Circuit Review on Civil Procedure - 1979-80 Term," 47 Brooklyn Law Review 729-38 (1981).
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"The Ban on Evidence of Subsequent Remedial Measures: Why Does it Survive?" 7 Cornell Law Forum 6-10 (1981).
"Federal Evidence Codification: An End to the Rule Against Hearsay," 5 Cornell Law Forum 6-11 (1979).
"Torts (Survey of New York Law)" (with Warren E. George), 23 Syracuse Law Review 711-36 (1972).
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"Insurance," 21 Syracuse Law Review 587-606 (1970).
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Miscellaneous
Evidence Update (St. Paul: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1980) (3 videocassettes).
Recent Developments in New York Evidence (Annual Report of the Judicial Conference 1977, Legislative Document No. 90).
Recent Developments in New York Criminal Law and Procedure. Annual Reports of the Judicial Conference 1975 and 1976, Legislative Documents No. 90.
"Character Evidence: When and How is it Admissible?" Michigan Lawyers Weekly S5B (Dec. 16, 1991).
Recent Developments in New York Civil Practice Law and Rules. Annual Reports of the Judicial Conference 1973 and 1974, Legislative Document No. 90.
Report and Recommendations on Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (American College of Trial Lawyers, 1972).
Role of the Trial Judge: Federal State Relationship. Annual Report of the Judicial Conference, Legislative Document No. 90, 238 (1972).
Recommendation and Study Relating to the Advisory Committee's Preliminary Draft of the Proposed Rules of Evidence. (n.p.: Foundation of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 1970).
Personal Civil Liability of Municipal Employees. Proceedings of New York State Bar Association Municipal Law Section, 1968.
"Recent Developments in New York Civil Practice," 164 New York Law Journal (Sept. 28, p. 1, 4; Sept. 29, p. 1, 4, 1970).