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Science at the Bar - Law, Science, and Technology in America (Paperback, New edition)
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Science at the Bar - Law, Science, and Technology in America (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Twentieth Century Fund Books/Reports/Studies
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Issues spawned by the headlong pace of developments in science and
technology fill the courts. How should we deal with frozen embryos
and leaky implants, dangerous chemicals, DNA fingerprints, and
genetically engineered animals? The realm of the law, to which
beleaguered people look for answers, is sometimes at a
loss-constrained by its own assumptions and practices, Sheila
Jasanoff suggests. This book exposes American law's long-standing
involvement in constructing, propagating, and perpetuating a
variety of myths about science and technology. Science at the Bar
is the first book to examine in detail how two powerful American
institutions-both seekers after truth-interact with each other.
Looking at cases involving product liability, medical malpractice,
toxic torts, genetic engineering, and life and death, Jasanoff
argues that the courts do not simply depend on scientific findings
for guidance-they actually influence the production of science and
technology at many different levels. Research is conducted and
interpreted to answer legal questions. Experts are selected to be
credible on the witness stand. Products are redesigned to reduce
the risk of lawsuits. At the same time the courts emerge here as
democratizing agents in disputes over the control and deployment of
new technologies, advancing and sustaining a public dialogue about
the limits of expertise. Jasanoff shows how positivistic views of
science and the law often prevent courts from realizing their full
potential as centers for a progressive critique of science and
technology. With its lucid analysis of both scientific and legal
modes of reasoning, and its recommendations for scholars and
policymakers, this book will be an indispensable resource for
anyone who hopes to understand the changing configurations of
science, technology, and the law in our litigious society.
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