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

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

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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Main Author: Golan, Tal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Evidence, Expert > England > History.
Evidence, Expert > United States > History.
Expert Testimony
Science > legislation & jurisprudence
England
United States
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • "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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