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Main Title Expert witnessing : explaining and understanding science /
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Author Title of a Work
Meyer, Carl
Publisher CRC Press,
Year Published 1999
OCLC Number 40649070
ISBN 0849311977; 9780849311970
Subjects Forensic scientists--United States ; Evidence, Expert--United States ; Expert Testimony ; Forensic Medicine ; Science
Internet Access
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Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0646/99186621-d.html
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EJCM  EVIDENCE Ed. 1999, 2d Flr. Law Library/Washington,DC 04/23/1999
ESAM  KF8968.66.E95 1999 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 07/15/2000
Collation 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Notes
Science, medicine, and the U.S. common law courts / Carl Meyer -- Are jurors smart enough to understand scientific evidence? / Patricia M. Ayd and Merle M. Troeger -- The fundamental differences between science and law / Robert A. Bohrer -- The end of splendid isolation : tensions between science and clinical practice / Ann Lennarson Greer -- Expert testimony involving chemists and chemistry / Richard Bjur and James T. Richardson -- The role of experts in German environmental law / Claus-Peter Martens -- Distinguishing good science, bad science, and junk science / Carl Meyer -- The five dimensions of scientific testimony / Kathey M. Verdeal -- Presenting sophisticated scientific evidence persuasively : the role of the scientific expert and the attorney at trial / Patricia M. Ayd and Merle M. Troeger -- Forensic techniques for establishing the origin and timing of a contaminant release / Robert D. Morrison -- Using epidemiology to explain disease causation to judges and juries / Linda S. Erdreich -- Medical and scientific evidence of causation : guidelines for evaluating medical opinion evidence / Susan R. Poulter -- Explaining toxic chemical risk in the courtroom : authority, storytelling, and science / Wayne Roth-Nelson -- Science in the patent infringement decision-making process : problems and proposed reforms / Michael Kaminski.