Add to ORKGThe expert witness is indispensable in a medical malpractice case. However, there are three main defects in the currently existing expert witness system. One is incompetence of expert witnesses. Another is professional negligence of expert witnesses. The other is dishonesty of expert witnesses. To make the expert witness system more efficient, this article examines currently existing rules and offers some proposals regarding the three issues. For the first one, the suggestion of this article is to rely on the standards of expert qualification and admitting expert testimony. For the second one, this article distinguishes expert witnesses from lay witnesses, and concludes witness immunity should not be extended to a friendly expert witness. T...
In his Article, Professor Kirgis argues that the familiar practice of judicial certification of expe...
It does not take long for even a casual observer of criminal and civil trials to make two observatio...
In contrast with the legal systems of many other countries, the use of privately-retained experts is...
The expert witness is indispensable in a medical malpractice case. However, there are three main def...
The expert witness has been the subject of extensive recent commentary and legislative reform. The a...
The expert witness differs essentially from the ordinary witness in at least two particulars; first,...
Expert witnesses are at once detested and treasured. The scorn is significant because of the increas...
Our real world outside the ivory towers of academia and the courts grows more and more complex. The ...
Technical witnesses have revolutionized the American lawsuit. Advertisements in litigation periodica...
The fastest growing field of law is undoubtedly that of Medical Law with the civil and disciplinary...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
Although the Supreme Court elaborated a standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in Dauber...
Unlike virtually any other business, expert witnesses are not typically held accountable in either t...
In his Article, Professor Kirgis argues that the familiar practice of judicial certification of expe...
It does not take long for even a casual observer of criminal and civil trials to make two observatio...
In contrast with the legal systems of many other countries, the use of privately-retained experts is...
The expert witness is indispensable in a medical malpractice case. However, there are three main def...
The expert witness has been the subject of extensive recent commentary and legislative reform. The a...
The expert witness differs essentially from the ordinary witness in at least two particulars; first,...
Expert witnesses are at once detested and treasured. The scorn is significant because of the increas...
Our real world outside the ivory towers of academia and the courts grows more and more complex. The ...
Technical witnesses have revolutionized the American lawsuit. Advertisements in litigation periodica...
The fastest growing field of law is undoubtedly that of Medical Law with the civil and disciplinary...
The article first summarizes the possible sources of error found in eyewitness testimony according t...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...
This article explores the ways in which experts can assist the jury to assess the credibility of oth...
Although the Supreme Court elaborated a standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in Dauber...
Unlike virtually any other business, expert witnesses are not typically held accountable in either t...
In his Article, Professor Kirgis argues that the familiar practice of judicial certification of expe...
It does not take long for even a casual observer of criminal and civil trials to make two observatio...
In contrast with the legal systems of many other countries, the use of privately-retained experts is...