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The Limitations of Expert Scientific Evidence: The Right Honourable Lord Justice Lawton

Publisher: Elsevier
Year: 1980
Tongue: English
Weight: 550 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0015-7368
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(80)71349-x

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✦ Synopsis

The history of expert testimony is brieJy sketched with reference to the English law of evidence, and the diferences shown between the Common law partisan expert and the Continental Court-appointed expert. The broadjelds of expertise are considered and some of the particular dzfficulties with regard to psychiatry and psychology explored.

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