Laws of men and laws of nature : the history of scientific expert testimony in England and America /

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Annotation Are scientific expert witnesses partisans, or spokesmen for objective science? This ambiguity has troubled the relations between scientists and the legal system for more than 200 years. Modern expert testimony first appeared in the late eighteenth century, and while its use steadily incre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Golan, Tal
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Evidence, Expert > England > History.
Evidence, Expert > United States > History.
Expert Testimony
Science > legislation & jurisprudence
Expertises > Angleterre > Histoire.
Expertises > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Evidence, Expert
Gerechtelijke technologie.
Gerechtelijke geneeskunde.
Gerechtelijke chemie.
Bewijsrecht.
Deskundigen.
Criminalistiek.
England
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Where there's muck there's brass": the rise of the modern expert witness
  • The common liar, the damned liar, and the scientific expert: the growing problem of expert testimony
  • Who shall decide where experts disagree? The Nineteenth-century debates
  • Blood will out: distinguishing humans from animals and scientists from charlatans
  • The authority of shadows: the law and x-rays
  • Science unwanted: the law and psychology.

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