2004 Fourth Amendment Symposium

The Tools to Interpret the Fourth Amendment 74 Miss L. J. 273 (2004)

 

The symposium examined several "tools" that the distinguished commentators believed should be used to interpret the Amendment.

 

Thomas K. Clancy
Director and Research Professor, National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law
Foreward

Ronald Bacigal
Professor, University of Richmond
Making the Right Gamble: The Odds on Probable Cause
Video Presentation

Donald Dripps
Professor, University of San Diego
The Fourth Amendment and the Fallacy of Composition: Determinacy Versus Legitimacy in a Regime of Bright-Line Rules

Lewis Katz
Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Terry v. Ohio at Thirty-Five: A Revisionist View

Scott Sundby
Professor, Washington & Lee University
Protecting the Citizen "Whilst He Is Quiet": Suspicionless Searches, "Special Needs" and General Warrants

Daniel Yeager
Professor, California Western University
Overcoming Hiddenness: The Role of Intentions in Fourth Amendment Analysis