Hillel J. Bavli

Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law

Associate Professor of Law

P.O. Box 750116

Dallas, TX 75275

United States

http://bit.ly/Bavli-Hillel-J

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (16)

1.

Counterfactual Causation

51 Arizona State Law Journal 879 (2019), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 409
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 05 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2021
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Character Evidence as a Conduit for Implicit Bias

56 UC Davis Law Review 1019 (2023), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 520
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 17 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2023
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 437 (144,176)

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character evidence, 404, Federal Rules of Evidence, FRE, implicit bias, prejudice, race, sex, economic status, inequality, Bayesian inference, racial equality, criminal justice, due process, propensity, discrimination, jury behavior, courts, bias, psychology, statistics, false conviction, verdict

3.

Stereotypes as Character Evidence

77 Stanford Law Review 89 (2025), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 636
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2025
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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The Effects of Comparable-Case Guidance on Awards for Pain and Suffering and Punitive Damages: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

37 Yale Law & Policy Review 405 (2019), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 402
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 24 May 2019
Hillel J. Bavli and Reagan Mozer
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Harvard University, Department of Statistics
Downloads 276 (238,658)
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Jury Behavior, Juror Behavior, Experiment, Randomized, Prior-Award Information, Pain and Suffering, Punitive Damages, Unpredictability, Variability, Accuracy

5.

Cause and Effect in Antidiscrimination Law

106 Iowa Law Review 483 (2021), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 464
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 09 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2020
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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antidiscrimination, employment discrimination, causation, causality, cause and effect, tort law, multiple sufficient causes, ness, disparate treatment, Supreme Court, but-for, motivating-factor, statutory interpretation

6.

Credibility in Empirical Legal Analysis

87 Brooklyn Law Review 501 (2022), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 434
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2022
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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empirical legal studies, data fishing, reliability, accuracy, hypothesis test, quantitative analysis, methodology, research practices, expert evidence, empirical analysis, hired gun, false positives, battle of the experts, statistical analysis, data manipulation, scientific evidence, p-value

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The Logic of Comparable-Case Guidance in the Determination of Awards for Pain and Suffering and Punitive Damages

85 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1 (2017)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2018
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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The Admissibility of Sampling Evidence to Prove Individual Damages in Class Actions

Boston College Law Review, Vol.59, Issue 2, Article 5, February 2018, SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 393
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 22 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2018
Hillel J. Bavli and John Kenneth Felter
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law and Ropes & Gray LLP - Boston
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Tyson, sampling, evidence, reliability, class action, individual damages, classwide damages, accuracy, certification, predominance

9.

Causation in Civil Rights Legislation

73 Alabama Law Review 159 (2021), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 497
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 177 (365,474)
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discrimination, antidiscrimination, civil rights, employment discrimination, causation, motivating factor test, but for causation, legislation, Title VII, statutory interpretation, multiple sufficient causes, ness, mixed motive, disparate treatment, tort law, potential outcomes, cause and effect

10.

An Objective-Chance Exception to the Rule against Character Evidence

74 Alabama Law Review 121 (2022), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 513
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2023
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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character evidence, Rule 404, Federal Rules of Evidence, FRE, doctrine of objective chances, doctrine of chances, prior-acts evidence, other-acts evidence, propensity evidence, judgment variability, unpredictability, accuracy, bias-variance tradeoff, shrinkage estimation, hierarchical models

11.

Correcting Federal Rule of Evidence 404 to Clarify the Inadmissibility of Character Evidence

92 Fordham Law Review 2441 (2024), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 625
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2024
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
Downloads 136 (456,210)

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Character evidence, Rule 404, propensity reasoning, Advisory Committee, doctrine of chances, plea agreements, accuracy, predictability, criminal justice, fair trial, objective-chance evidence, judicial discretion, Federal Rules of Evidence, judicial interpretation, relevance, chain of inferences

12.

Sampling and Reliability in Class Action Litigation

2016 Cardozo Law Review de novo 207 (2016)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2018
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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An Aggregation Theory of Character Evidence

51 Journal of Legal Studies 39 (2022) (published version available at: https://doi.org/10.1086/716202), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 512
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2022
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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character evidence, Rule 404, Federal Rules of Evidence, FRE, doctrine of chances, prior-acts evidence, other-acts evidence, propensity evidence, doctrine of objective chances, judgment variability, unpredictability, accuracy, bias-variance tradeoff, shrinkage estimation, hierarchical model

14.

The Incongruence Principle of Evidence

99 Indiana Law Journal (forthcoming), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 604
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2023
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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evidence, implicit bias, race, criminal justice, character evidence, hearsay, proof, accuracy, error, unpredictability, Rule 404, discrimination, propensity, confirmation bias, base rates, false conviction, juror, jury, Bayesian inference, scientific reasoning, judgment, trial, inference, hypothesis

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Trial By Character

75 Emory Law Journal (forthcoming 2025), SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 686
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Mar 2025 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2025
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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Aggregating for Accuracy: A Closer Look at Sampling and Accuracy in Class Action Litigation

14 Law, Probability & Risk 67 (March 2015)
Posted: 11 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2019
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law

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Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 164
1.

An Aggregation Theory of Character Evidence

SMU Dedman School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 483
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2022
Hillel J. Bavli
Southern Methodist University - Dedman School of Law
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