Browsing Law School by Subject "Science and law"

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    • Changing Scientific Evidence 
      Cheng, Edward K. (Minnesota Law Review, 2003)
      A number of high-profile toxic tort cases, such as silicone breast implants, have followed a familiar and disturbing path: Early studies suggest a link between a suspected substance and a particular illness. Based on these ...
    • Independent Judicial Research 
      Cheng, Edward K. (Duke Law Journal, 2007)
      The Supreme Court's Daubert trilogy places judges in the unenviable position of assessing the reliability of often unfamiliar and complex scientific expert testimony. Over the past decade, scholars have therefore explored ...
    • Same Old, Same Old: Scientific Evidence Past and Present 
      Cheng, Edward K. (Michigan Law Review, 2006)
      For over twenty years, and particularly since the Supreme Court's Daubert' decision in 1993, much ink has been spilled debating the problem of scientific evidence in the courts. Are jurors or, in the alternative, judges ...
    • Should Judges Do Independent Research on Scientific Issues? 
      Cheng, Edward K. (Judicature, 2006)
      Judges are deeply divided about the issue of independent research, which goes to the heart of their roles and responsibilities in the legal system. To many judges, doing independent research when confronted with new and ...
    • Tour of Mistakes 
      Edelman, Paul H. (Northwestern University Law Review, 1998)