Statistics in the law / edited by Joseph B. Kadane. - xiii, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Deciding Whether to be an Expert Witness 6 -- What's it like to be an Expert Witness? 9 -- Introduction -- A: Pioneers -- B A Very Brief Introduction to U.S. Law, and to the Role of Expert Witnesses -- C Qualifications and Responsibilities of the Expert Witness 33 -- D Ethical Issues in Being an Expert Witness Joseph B. Kadane -- E Panitz v. Behrend -- Discrimination -- A: Discrimination in Employment -- B: Driving While Black -- C: Racial Steering -- Jury Discrimination -- Introduction -- A: Jury Representativeness -- B: Juries in Death Penalty Cases -- Other Adventures -- Other Adventures as an Expert Witness -- A: Electronic Draw Poker -- B: Cheating on Examinations -- C: Tax Audits -- D: Vote Tampering -- E: Civil Incarceration of Violent Sexual Offenders -- Joseph B. Kadane 356 -- F: Patent Misconduct -- English Law -- Introduction -- A: A Very Brief Introduction to English Law -- B: Criminal Convictions and Statistical Independence -- C: Presenting Bayesian Analysis to the Jury. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.

0195309235 9780195309232

2008002474


Evidence, Expert
Statistics.
Law--Statistical methods

QA276 / .S783443 2008

347.0670245195