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Experts in court : reconciling law, science, and professional knowledge / Bruce D. Sales and Daniel W. Shuman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Law and public policyPublisher: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 162 pages ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1591472466
  • 9781591472469
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.7367 22
LOC classification:
  • KF8965 .S25 2005
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Ch. 2. Goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 3. Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Ch. 4. Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 5. Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 6. Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 7. Epilogue : looking to the future.
Review: "Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge examines the use of expert testimony, particularly that of mental health professionals, in civil and criminal litigation. Lawyers and judges often fear that mental health professionals' testimony is purely experiential and not based on objective criteria or a demonstrable scientific foundation. Through the use of a novel approach to evaluating the interactions of experts with the courts, Sales and Shuman explain the scrutiny that psychologists and all other experts will need to use to survive admissibility determinations under new and evolving rules of evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction : why expert witnesses? -- Ch. 2. Goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 3. Admitting expert testimony : evolution and interpretation -- Ch. 4. Problems in implementing the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 5. Reconciling the law of admissibility of expert testimony with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 6. Reconciling the behavior of experts with the goals for the rules of evidence -- Ch. 7. Epilogue : looking to the future.

"Experts in Court: Reconciling Law, Science, and Professional Knowledge examines the use of expert testimony, particularly that of mental health professionals, in civil and criminal litigation. Lawyers and judges often fear that mental health professionals' testimony is purely experiential and not based on objective criteria or a demonstrable scientific foundation. Through the use of a novel approach to evaluating the interactions of experts with the courts, Sales and Shuman explain the scrutiny that psychologists and all other experts will need to use to survive admissibility determinations under new and evolving rules of evidence."--BOOK JACKET.

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