Expert Evidence and Criminal Justice

Zusatztext Mike Redmayne writes perceptively ... The breadth of the book is one of its strengths ... Redmayne excels at clearing the underbrush from the British opinions - stripping away the stated reasons in an attempt to discern the existence of unstated reasons. Informationen zum Autor Mike Redmayne is a lecturer in law at LSE Klappentext Expert evidence presents a number of challenges to the legal system. Drawing on work in psychology, the philosophy and sociology of science, probability theory, forensic science, as well as on a broad spectrum of legal writings, Redmayne looks at these challenges and shows how to overcome them. Zusammenfassung As an increasing range of expert evidence becomes available to it, the criminal justice system must answer a series of questions such as: should experts be permitted to give evidence on the credibility of witnesses? This work explores these issues, utilizing work in a number of disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Constructing Cases with Science 3: Probability Models in Forensic Science 4: Presenting Probabilities in Court 5: The Admissibility of Expert Evidence: (1) Evidentiary Reliability 6: The Admissibility of Expert Evidence: (2) The Rule in R. v. Turner 7: Adversarial Experts Index

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• Autori: Mike Redmayne, Mike (Lecturer in Law Redmayne, Redmayne Mike
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.03.2001
• EAN: 9780198267805
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826780-5
• Pagine: 244
• Serie: Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal; Oxford Monographs on Criminal Law and Justice; Oxford Monographs on Criminal
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; England, Wales, LAW / Forensic Science, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Evidence, Forensic Science, Criminal or forensic psychology, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, Wales / Cymru