Add to ORKGIt does not take long for even a casual observer of criminal and civil trials to make two observations about expert witnesses. The first of these observations comes almost immediately: experts are vitally important to the judicial process. In many trials, the outcome largely depends upon which set of impressively credentialed experts the jurors (and the judge) believe. The second observation generally comes later than the first: a significant amount of shoddy science, phony logic, faulty analysis, sleight of hand, and other assorted junk enters the courtroom dressed up in the emperor\u27s clothes of expert testimony
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Although the Supreme Court elaborated a standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in Dauber...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
In contrast with the legal systems of many other countries, the use of privately-retained experts is...
Our real world outside the ivory towers of academia and the courts grows more and more complex. The ...
Expert witnesses are at once detested and treasured. The scorn is significant because of the increas...
Jurors are laypersons with no specific expert knowledge, yet they are routinely placed in situations...
In this article, I argue that the new focus on the risks of spurious expertise compels attention t...
A trial court must find that the proponent of expert witness testimony has set forth adequate eviden...
With regard to criminal cases, the focus of this Article, judges face significant challenges in ruli...
Judges and juries must make momentous and intricate decisions. The temptation is overwhelming for th...
The dispute over whether litigants may use experts to run unexamined hearsay into the trial record i...
Technical witnesses have revolutionized the American lawsuit. Advertisements in litigation periodica...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...
The trial of Robert E. Chambers, Jr., for the murder of eighteen year old Jennifer Levin in Central ...
Although the Supreme Court elaborated a standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in Dauber...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
In contrast with the legal systems of many other countries, the use of privately-retained experts is...