Law and Science Current Legal Issues 1998 Volume 1

by Freeman, Michael D. A.; Lewis, Andrew D. E.; Reece, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780198267942
• ISBN10: 0198267940
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is the first volume of an exciting new series, Current Legal Issues , which will be published each spring as a sister volume to Current 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.

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	vii	(2)
Editor's Introduction	ix	(6)
Table of Cases	xv	(5)
Table of Statutes	xx	(1)
Notes on Contributors	xxi
Cognitive Science, Legal Theory, and the Possibility of an Observation/Theory Distinction in Morality and Law	1	(34)
J. E. Penner
Science, Reason, and Tort Law	35	(20)
Heidi Li Feldman
The Role of Scientific Evidence in the Assessment of Causation in Medicinal Product Liability Litigation	55	(26)
Richard Goldberg
Pedro Juan Cubillo v. Commonwealth of Australia: Right Result, Wrong Method	81	(28)
Helen Reece
The Environment, Science, and Law	109	(20)
John McEldowney
The BSE Crisis: a Study of the Precautionary Principle and the Politics of Science in Law	129	(24)
Jane Holder
Sue Elworthy
A New Criterion for the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence?	153	(22)
Fiona E. Raitt
Expert Evidence in Canadian Criminal Proceedings	175	(46)
Paul Roberts
The Risks and Dangers of Experts in Court	221	(22)
Michael King
Felicity Kaganas
Law's Truth, Lay Truth and Medical Science	243	(22)
Tony Ward
`Brainwashing' Evidence in Light of Daubert	265	(24)
Gerald Ginsburg
James Richardson
What Lawyers Need to Know about Science	289
Lewis Wolpert