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- Title
A BRIEF REFLECTION ON JUDICIAL USE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA.
- Authors
Higginbotham, Patrick E.
- Abstract
The article reflects on the judicial use of social science data. Under the administrative law model, government agencies address social problems that are dependent upon data and they make basic economic decisions. Through this administrative entry port, data and technological decision-making flow into the courts and exit with judicial imprimatur. In the judicial model, Rule 703 of the Federal Rules of Evidence of 1975 limits an expert's reliance upon data. Procedural devices are pushed to their limits with the increased ability to process large quantities of data. In the academic model, there is a symbiosis between law schools and appellate courts. The role of administrative support consists of identifying ambiguity, inconsistency and trends in judicial decision-making process.
- Subjects
LAW &; the social sciences; ADMINISTRATIVE law; GOVERNMENT agencies; DECISION making; APPELLATE courts; SOCIAL problems
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 1983, Vol 46, Issue 4, p7
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article