La and Science Current Legal Issues 1998 Volume 1 [Hardcover]

This is the first volume of an exciting new series,Current Legal Issues, which will be published each spring as a sister volume toCurrent Legal Problems. This book is the first volume in the series and explores the relationship of law and science, with a particular focus on the role of science as evidence.

Cognitive science, legal theory and the possibility of an observation/theory distinction in morality and law,J.E. Penner, Lecturer in Law, LSE
Science, reason, and tort law: looking for the reasonable person,Heidi Li Feldman, Visiting Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University
The role of scientific evidence in the assessment of causation in medicinal product liability litigation: a probabilistic and economic analysis,Richard Goldberg, Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham
Pedro Juan Cubillo v Commonwealth of Australia (1995): right result, wrong method,Helen Reece, Lecturer in Laws, UCL
The BSE crisis: a study of the precautionary principle and the politics of science in law,Sue Elworthy, Research Associate, Robert Gordon University and Jane Holder, Lecturer in Laws and Co-Director of the Centre for the Law of the European Union, UCL
A new criterion for the admissibility of scientific evidence? The metamorphosis of helpfulness,Fiona E Raitt, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies of the Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Dundee
Reflections on expert evidence in Canadian criminal proceedings: more lessons from North America,Paul Roberts, Lecturer in Law, University of Nottingham
The risks and dangers of experts in court,Felicity Kaganas, Lecturer in Law, Brunel University and Michael King, Professor of Law, Brunel University
Laws truth, lay truth and medical science: three case studies,Tony Ward, Senior Lecturer, De Montford University
Brainwashing evidence in the light ofDaubert: sló!