Experts in court:reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sales Bruce Dennis
Group Author: Shuman Daniel W
Published: American Psychological Association,
Publisher Address: Washington, DC
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Law and public policy : psychology and the social sciences
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Carrier Form: ix, 162 p.: ; 27 cm.
Publication Frequency: View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web.
ISBN: 1591472466
Index Number: D90
CLC: D90-054
Call Number: D90-054/S163
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Goals for the rules of evidence -- Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Epilogue : looking to the future.