Written from a range of disciplinary perspectives, we have selected and summarized the following articles, which provide unique insights on the interface between science and the law, and, in particular, the admissibility of expert scientific testimony.

Article Collections

1. Coronado Conference I Papers on scientific evidence and public policy.

In March 2003, a group of distinguished scientists, philosophers of science, judges and policy experts presented papers and discussed the use and misuse of scientific evidence in public policy, and the implications of the 1993 Supreme Court’s Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. decision. The papers have been published in a special supplement  to the American Journal of Public Health (Vol 95, S1, July 2005)

2. Science for Judges: Papers from the symposia hosted by the Brooklyn Law School Center for Health, Science and Public Policy.

The Science for Judges program is hosted by Brooklyn Law School in collaboration with the Federal Judicial Center, the National Center for State Courts, and the Panel on Science, Law and Technology of the National Academies of Science. The program organizes conferences for federal and state judges on scientific topics that enter the courtroom, such as epidemiology.

Papers from the conferences are published in the Brooklyn Law School Journal of Law and Policy.

• Science for Judges I: Papers on Toxicology and Epidemiology. Journal of Law and Policy. 2003;  XII (1).
• Science for Judges II: The Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science. Journal of Law and Policy. 2004; XII (2).
• Science for Judges III: Maintaining the Integrity of Scientific Research and Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings. Journal of Law and Policy. 2005;  XIII (1).

3. Should judges do independent research on scientific issues?: Judicature. September/October 2006; 90.

Articles in this edition consider the issues involved in judges conducting independent research in order to evaluate scientific evidence presented in court.

4. Science in the Regulatory Process: Law and Contemporary Problems. 2003 Autumn; 66(4). RA Merrill, Special Editor.

The articles in this collection address the implications of the Daubert decision, Shelby Amendment, and Information Quality Act on the use of science in regulatory decision-making and explore the larger relationship between science and law.

5. Causation in Law and Science: Law and Contemporary Problems. 2001 Autumn; 64(4). JM Conley, Special Editor.

Articles in this issue of Law and Contemporary Problems discuss the relationship between causation in law and causation in science, written from the perspectives of scientists, lawyers, philosophers, and others.

6. Complex Litigation at the Millennium: Law and Contemporary Problems. 2001 Spring/Summer; 64(2&3). F McGovern, Special Editor.

The articles in this collection cover several complex litigation topics involving status, rules of civil procedure, rules of evidence, common law, judicial management, litigator management, and their interstices.  

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