The Expert Witness: Lessons from the U.S. Experience

The first section of this paper explains why assessing the worth of expert testimony poses special epistemological difficulties. The second traces the history of the various rules and procedures by means of which the U.S. legal system has tried to ensure, or at least control, the quality of the exp...

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Main Author: Susan Haack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Culturale Humana.Mente 2015-05-01
Series:Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies
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Online Access:http://www.humanamente.eu/index.php/HM/article/view/80