Science at the Bar
Subtitle: Science and Technology in American Law (Twentieth Century Fund Books/Reports/Studies)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: September 30, 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA; London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780674793033
Subjects: Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; Mathematics and Science; Technology: General Issues; General; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Law; Reference; USA; Civil Procedure; Science & Technology; Science / General
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Richard C. Leone; title: Preface; title: The intersections of science and law; title: Changing knowledge, changing rules; title: The law's construction of expertise; title: The technical discourse of government; title: Law in the republic of science; title: Toxic torts and the politics of causation; title: Legal encounters with genetic engineering; title: Family affairs; title: Definitions of life and death; title: Toward a more reflective alliance