Expert evidence deficiencies in the judgments of the courts of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights
By: George Cumming, of the Inner Temple, Barrister
Series: European monographs -- 89; European monographs -- 89.
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business; Kluwer Law International
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9789041141231
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Expert Evidence; Admissible evidence; Judgments; Fair trial; Law; Interpretation and construction; UE/CE Droit; UE/CE Cour de justice; Cour européenne des droits de l'homme; Cours suprêmes; Jugements; Témoignages; Expertises judiciaires; UE/CE Traités; Convention européenne des droits de l'homme
Description: Questions of admissibility surrounding expert evidence have always bedevilled the judiciary. However, statutory language and rules of procedure, conscientiously interpreted and applied to the use of expert evidence, can go a long way towards achieving rectitude of decision where judgement requires knowledge not necessarily possessed by the jurists responsible for trying the case. In this remarkable work of analysis and commentary, George Cumming takes the position that the prominent international courts of Europe fail to follow their own rules of procedure in the use of expert opinion, thus potentially breaching the express right to a fair trial embodied within Article 6 (1) ECHR.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index.