The Judicial Assessment of Expert Evidence

by Deirdre Dwyer

Justice systems increasingly rely on expert evidence. We are therefore obliged to justify the courts' ability to assess this evidence, especially when the courts must resolve disagreements between experts or address possible bias. By reintegrating contemporary evidence theory with applied philosophy, Deirdre Dwyer analyses the epistemological basis for the judicial assessment of expert evidence. Reintegrating evidence with procedure, she also examines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052150970X
• ISBN13: 9780521509701
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"