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1991

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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.