Expert witnessing is a particularly useful place to observe the clash of legal and scientific conventions because it is here that one group of people (scientific experts) who are integrated into one set of conventions are challenged by the expectations of a different set of conventions. Here, Sanders looks at how legal conventions affect the behavior of expert witnesses when they appear in court in both criminal and civil cases. He also reviews differences in scientific and legal conventions as they apply to expert knowledge and discusses two central reasons for these differences: adversarialism and closure
The expanding array of scientific (as well as some not-so-scientific) specialties available as sourc...
Legal educators increasingly use the classroom to import expertise from scientists and social scient...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...
Expert witnessing is a particularly useful place to observe the clash of legal and scientific conven...
There haven\u27t always been scientific witnesses: in fact, there haven\u27t always been witnesses. ...
Recently in Australia, common-law judges began to modify the way expert evidence is prepared and pre...
Modern science forces the world to accept new theories and invention. Science has invented several t...
Fundamental to all evidence rules is the division of responsibility between the judge, who determine...
In a recent article on science and the law, Susan Haack suggested that “we could learn something fro...
In his Article, Professor Kirgis argues that the familiar practice of judicial certification of expe...
In a recent article on science and the law, Susan Haack suggested that “we could learn something fro...
This article considers the question: What are the legal and ethical responsibilities of attorneys w...
While courts depend on expert opinions in reaching sound judgments, the role of the expert witness i...
Conflicts of interest have significant implications for the reliability of scientific expert testimo...
In this dissertation, I explore whether laypersons, particularly individuals who serve as judges and...
The expanding array of scientific (as well as some not-so-scientific) specialties available as sourc...
Legal educators increasingly use the classroom to import expertise from scientists and social scient...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...
Expert witnessing is a particularly useful place to observe the clash of legal and scientific conven...
There haven\u27t always been scientific witnesses: in fact, there haven\u27t always been witnesses. ...
Recently in Australia, common-law judges began to modify the way expert evidence is prepared and pre...
Modern science forces the world to accept new theories and invention. Science has invented several t...
Fundamental to all evidence rules is the division of responsibility between the judge, who determine...
In a recent article on science and the law, Susan Haack suggested that “we could learn something fro...
In his Article, Professor Kirgis argues that the familiar practice of judicial certification of expe...
In a recent article on science and the law, Susan Haack suggested that “we could learn something fro...
This article considers the question: What are the legal and ethical responsibilities of attorneys w...
While courts depend on expert opinions in reaching sound judgments, the role of the expert witness i...
Conflicts of interest have significant implications for the reliability of scientific expert testimo...
In this dissertation, I explore whether laypersons, particularly individuals who serve as judges and...
The expanding array of scientific (as well as some not-so-scientific) specialties available as sourc...
Legal educators increasingly use the classroom to import expertise from scientists and social scient...
In the language of the Federal Rules of Evidence, an expert is one who possesses scientific, techni...