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Experts, Stories, And Information, Richard O. Lempert
Experts, Stories, And Information, Richard O. Lempert
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In the infancy of the jury trial, there were no witnesses. The jury was self-informing. Members of the jury were drawn from the community. It was expected that they would know, either firsthand or on the basis of what they had heard, the true facts of any disputed incident, and they were gathered together to say what those facts were. Ronald Allen and Joseph Miller, in their insightful paper, see the ideal of the self-informing jury as very much alive today. Allen and Miller tell us that jurors ideally should experience firsthand the factual information needed to arrive at rational …
Introduction Of Scientific Evidence In Criminal Cases, H. Patrick Furman
Introduction Of Scientific Evidence In Criminal Cases, H. Patrick Furman
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The Common Law Theory Of Experts: Deference Or Education?, Joseph S. Miller, Ronald J. Allen
The Common Law Theory Of Experts: Deference Or Education?, Joseph S. Miller, Ronald J. Allen
Scholarly Works
What if witness testimony emerges from, or can only be understood by reference to, an experience that the fact finder lacks? Or what if the connection between what a witness says and the full import of what the witness means is so arcane that the chances are virtually zero that the jury will understand what the spoken words are intended to convey? Both cases arise surprisingly frequently in the trial of disputes. For example, the problem arises whenever a witness is not fluent in English, as it often does when the common practice of a business or trade plays a …
Admissibility Of Expert Testimony On Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome In Kentucky, Michele Meyer Mccarthy
Admissibility Of Expert Testimony On Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome In Kentucky, Michele Meyer Mccarthy
Kentucky Law Journal
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