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OverviewAmong the many features of this unique casebook: - comprehensive coverage includes forensics, medical causation, statistics, and economic expert evidence - complex issues are made readily accessible--the authors begin by exploring scientific background and move on to case examples accompanied by explanatory comments and questions - technical topics, such as statistics and DNA, are explained with accessible, appropriate-level language, without sacrificing sophisticated treatment of the issues - cases, rules, and commentary are presented in the context of scientific knowledge so that students develop a solid grounding in the methods and procedures of science and technology - the different goals and methods of law and science are clearly explained, allowing students to discern when and how these differences can be harmonized - students are taught to become sophisticated consumers of expert evidence, capable of skeptical analysis of opposition claims and critical thought about theoretical problems of expert testimony - a comprehensive Teacher's Manual provides the authors' analysis of the various cases and issues, questions to facilitate class-room discussion, and suggested useful problems and outside aids to supplement the written materials Full Product DetailsAuthor: John M Conley , Jane Campbell MoriartyPublisher: Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.361kg ISBN: 9780735557994ISBN 10: 0735557993 Pages: 624 Publication Date: 23 July 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |