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Laws of men and laws of nature : the history of scientific expert testimony in England and America / Tal Golan.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.Description: viii, 325 p. : map. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674025806 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.42067 GOL
Contents:
1: "Where there's muck there's brass": the rise of the modern expert witness; 2: The common liar, the damned liar, and the scientific expert: the growing problem of expert testimony; 3: Who shall decide where experts disagree? The Nineteenth-century debates; 4: Blood will out: distinguishing humans from animals and scientists from charlatans; 5: The authority of shadows: the law and x-rays; 6: Science unwanted: the law and psychology.
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1: "Where there's muck there's brass": the rise of the modern expert witness;
2: The common liar, the damned liar, and the scientific expert: the growing problem of expert testimony;
3: Who shall decide where experts disagree? The Nineteenth-century debates;
4: Blood will out: distinguishing humans from animals and scientists from charlatans;
5: The authority of shadows: the law and x-rays;
6: Science unwanted: the law and psychology.