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Dwyer, Déirdre M. 1964-

Judicial assessment of expert evidence / Déirdre Dwyer. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xxxii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-412) and index.

General epistemological issues -- Expert evidence as a special case for judicial assessment -- Making sense of expert disagreement -- Non-epistemological factors in determining the role of the expert -- Assessing expert evidence in the English civil courts : the sixteenth to twentieth centuries -- Assessing expert evidence in the English civil courts today -- The effective management of bias.

By reintegrating contemporary evidence theory with applied philosophy, Deirdre Dwyer analyses the epistemological basis for the judicial assessment of expert evidence. She also examines how we might arrange our legal processes in order to support our epistemological and non-epistemological expectations.

ISBN: 9780521509701 052150970X

LCCN: 2008034103

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8B1799 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014760238 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evidence, Expert--Great Britain.
Preuves.
Procédure judiciaire.
Litiges.
Evaluation.
Analyse comparative.
Pays occidentaux.
Evidence, Expert.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.

LC Class. No.: KD7521 / .D89 2008