Law and Science - Current Legal Issues 1998: Volume 1 (Hardcover)

This is the first volume of an exciting new series, Current Legal Issues, which will be published each spring as a sister volume to Current Legal Problems. The basis for each interdisciplinary volume will be a two-day colloquium held each year by the Faculty of Laws at University College London. This first volume explores the interrelationship of law and science. Future volumes will examine themes such as law and literature, law and medicine, law and religion, etc. This book, the first volume of Current Legal Issues, explores the relationship of law and science, with a particular focus on the role of science as evidence. Scientific evidence impinges on a wide range of legal issues, including, for example, risk assessment in mental health and child abuse, criminal investigations, chemical and medical products, mass tort cases and the attribution of paternity. Science promises to reduce (or even eliminate) uncertainty; how should lawyers respond to such ambitious claims? As the civil justice process undergoes a major overhaul, this diverse and stimulating collection of essays provides a timely and thought-provoking reassessment of the relationship between law and science in general and the uses and value of scientific evidence in particular. From the Editors' Introduction This volume addresses the intersection between law and science, two monolithic institutions which generally compete for, but sometimes coincide in presenting, an authoritative analysis of the world. The contributors to this volume take different views as to who is the victor in this contest Science deals in objective reality; therefore it is for scientists to reveal as much as they can about reality, and for the law to determine what should be made of the discoveries. Perhaps this division of labour is too simplistic, but if it is taken as a model, it is apparent that law and science are bound together and that mutual understanding is essential. If this volume contributes to that understanding then it will have performed an invaluable service.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Current Legal Issues
Release date:	July 1998
First published:	October 1998
Editors:	Helen Reece (Lecturer in Laws)
Series editors:	Michael Freeman
Dimensions:	224 x 143 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-826794-2
Categories:	Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Civil law (general works) Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Forensic science Books > Law > International law > Settlement of international disputes > International courts & procedures Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Courts & procedure > General
LSN:	0-19-826794-0
Barcode:	9780198267942

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