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Science In The Court: Is There A Role For Alternative Dispute Resolution, Deborah R. Hensler Jul 1991

Science In The Court: Is There A Role For Alternative Dispute Resolution, Deborah R. Hensler

Law and Contemporary Problems

It is suggested that alternative dispute resolution procedures might remedy perceived problems in court procedures for dealing with scientific questions in medical malpractice, product liability and toxic tort litigation.


Medical Experts And The Ghost Of Galileo, Peter Huber Jul 1991

Medical Experts And The Ghost Of Galileo, Peter Huber

Law and Contemporary Problems

The law and science of traumatic cancer and cerebral palsy are discussed in the context of rules of evidence that are concerned with the testimony of medical experts in court. An evidentiary fallacy is demonstrated using the scientific expertise of the scientist Galileo as an example.


La Preuve, Les Techniques Modernes Et Le Respect Des Valeurs Fondamentales, Wafe Maclauchlan May 1991

La Preuve, Les Techniques Modernes Et Le Respect Des Valeurs Fondamentales, Wafe Maclauchlan

Dalhousie Law Journal

In La preuve, les techniques modernes et le respect des valeurs fondamentales, Professor Pierre Patenaude has produced a scholarly and practical inquiry into the question of how law responds to science. This book raises questions of the gathering, the admissibility and the reliability of evidence through modem techniques such as electronic surveillance, breathalyzer tests, lie detectors, radar, the administration of truthinducing drugs, and hypnosis. It combines a thoughtful examination of values underlying the law of evidence with an introduction to the complexities and the frailities of scientific investigative techniques.