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The Emperor Has No Causation: Exposing A Judicial Misconstruction Of Science, John Culhane Jan 1997

The Emperor Has No Causation: Exposing A Judicial Misconstruction Of Science, John Culhane

John G. Culhane

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Scientific Testing & Proof Of Paternity: Some Controversy And Key Issues For Family Law Counsel, Christopher L. Blakesley Jan 1997

Scientific Testing & Proof Of Paternity: Some Controversy And Key Issues For Family Law Counsel, Christopher L. Blakesley

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Blood and tissue testing, especially DNA matching, have become important elements of both criminal and paternity or maternity litigation. Such scientific testing has become so important that it has taken on aspects that may cause it to benefit or to do harm to the judicial process or to any given case. This article focuses on the value and the dangers surrounding this interesting subject.

The 1995 Louisiana Supreme Court decision in Pace v. State reemphasized the importance of DNA testing generally and the significance of blood and tissue genetic testing used to exclude paternity. The advances in and importance of …


The Assessment Of Expertise: Transcending Construction, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 1997

The Assessment Of Expertise: Transcending Construction, Randolph N. Jonakait

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