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Groundwater Models in the Courtroom (Details) part of SERC Media Collection
Article written by E.S. Bair about the use of models in the courtroom using the Woburn Trial as an example. : a 4MB Acrobat (PDF) file
Topics: Mock Trial, Legal System:Jury Trials, Expert Testimony, Legal System
Improving expert testimony part of SERC Print Resource Collection
A professional article describing ways that experts can improve upon the manner in which they present testimony and ways in which the court can improve in receiving expert testimony
Topics: Legal System:Expert Testimony, People:Experts
Groundwater modeling and litigation part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Insightful book chapter dealing with the presentation of expert testimony dealing with computer models and some of the weaknesses present in all models and exploited in cross examination.
Topics: Hydrogeology:Computer Modeling, Legal System:Expert Testimony, People:Experts
Junk science and the jury part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Interesting read about the failures of the U.S. legal system in allowing non-experts and quasi-experts to testify in trials, thus diluting the impact of science and giving science a poor record in ...
Topics: Legal System:Jury Trials, Mock Trial, Legal System:Expert Testimony
Expert scientific testimony examined: part 1 part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Insightful article about how the Daubert ruling will change acceptance by the court and presentation of expert testimony away from the older, established Frye Rule.
Topics: Legal System:Expert Testimony, People:Experts
Galileo's Revenge - Junk Science in the Courtroom part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Lengthy opinions describing the weaknesses of the American legal system, especially the use of expert witnesses that are not experts. Interesting reading.
Topics: Federal Trial, Legal System:Expert Testimony