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The Use/Nonuse/Misuse Of Applied Social Research In The Courts, Michigan Law Review
The Use/Nonuse/Misuse Of Applied Social Research In The Courts, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Use/Nonuse/Misuse of Applied Social Research in the Courts edited by Michael J. Saks and Charles H. Baron
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Social Scientists Take The Stand: A Review And Appraisal Of Their Testimony In Litigation, Jack Greenberg
Michigan Law Review
"How to inform the judicial mind, as you know, is one of the most complicated problems,'' said Justice Frankfurter during argument of the school segregation cases. And as law deals more and more with issues of great public consequence the judiciary's need for knowledge increases. Much of this knowledge is within the realm of what are called the social sciences.
Although jurisprudents and social scientists have long complained of a gulf between law and social science, little notice has been given to the recent, recurrent collaboration between the two at the trial level. In a variety of cases social scientists' …