Expert Witnessing
Subtitle: Explaining and Understanding Science
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 29, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780849311970
Subjects: Courts & procedure; English legal system; Mathematics and Science; Reference; Science; Civil Procedure; General; Medical Law & Legislation; Law / Criminal Law
First sentence: Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceutical, Inc. and General Electric v. Joiner have given federal trial judges the power to determine the reliability of scientific opinions and have strengthened their discretion as gatekeepers of scientific evidence.