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- Title: Science, Law, And Truth: Defining the Scope of the Daubert Trilogy.
- Author : Notre Dame Law Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 308 KB
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INTRODUCTION The characteristic goals and the inherent exuberance of science generate a natural tendency toward progress and expansion. (1) That tendency finds particular expression in today's courtroom, where science offers insight into a wider array of legal disputes than at any time in the past. Experts testify "on blood, bullets, bite-marks, battered wives; on PCBs, paternity, poisons, post-traumatic stress; on radon, recovered memories, rape trauma syndrome, random-match probabilities; on psychosis, asbestosis, silicosis" (2)--and the list goes on. Scientific experts may comment on both civil and criminal matters, they may offer empirical or theoretical explanations, and they may speak from established or inchoate fields of inquiry. An unprecedented quantity of scientific evidence is available for use in American courtrooms and the complexity of available scientific information easily exceeds the expertise that may be expected of any single individual. As a result, the assessment of scientific evidence in the courtroom has become, not surprisingly, a controversial subject in American law.