Saturday, November 20, 2004

Law Journal Offers Second Installment on "Science for Judges"

We just noticed that Brooklyn Law School's Journal of Law and Policy has published the second installment in its "Science for Judges" series. Among the titles:

Science for Judges II: The Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Overview of Research Design in Epidemiology
John Concato, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Systematic Review of Medical Evidence
John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D. & Joseph Lau, M.D.

Should Compensation Schemes Be Based on the Probability of Causation or Expected Years of Life Lost?
James Robins

FDA Regulatory Requirements as Tort Standards
Richard Merrill

What Is the Value of an FDA Approval in a Judicial Matter?
Michael A. Friedman, M.D.

Science and EPA Decision-Making
Robert M. Sussman

Importing Daubert to Administrative Agencies Through the Information Quality Act
Wendy E. Wagner

Welfare State of Welfare Court: Asbestos Litigation in Comparative Perspective
Sheila Jasanoff & Dogan Perese
All the articles are available online. Go take a look.

posted by pn at 2:16 AM  

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.