Michael S. Pardo (University of Alabama School of Law) has posted The Law of Evidence and the Practice of Theory (University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online, 2015) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This essay, presented at the University of Pennsylvania Law Review’s symposium on “The New Doctrinalism,” discusses Alex Stein’s article, “The New Doctrinalism: Implications for Evidence Theory.” Part I situates Stein’s claims and arguments within evidence theory more generally. Part II examines his methodology. Part III challenges one of the evidentiary principles that Stein defends (case specificity)..”
I always learn from Pardo's sophisticated and erudite work on evidence theory. Recommended.