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- Title
SCIENCE, LAW, AND THE EXPERT WITNESS.
- Authors
SANDERS, JOSEPH
- Abstract
[S]cientific inquiry is by nature tentative and thoroughly fallibilist; it focuses on the general law or principle rather than the particular case; its core values are intellectual honesty and willingness to share evidence … . So it is hardly surprising that the legal system has had trouble handling scientific testimony, for the legal culture could hardly be more different: adversarial; focused on the specific case; formally procedurally anchored; valuing promptness and finality….
- Subjects
SCIENCE; LAW; RESEARCH; INQUIRY (Theory of knowledge); JUSTICE administration; INVESTIGATIONS; INQUESTS
- Publication
Law & Contemporary Problems, 2009, Vol 72, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
0023-9186
- Publication type
Article