David L Faigman: 2 books
Laboratory of Justice
The Supreme Court's 200-Year Struggle to Integrate Science and the Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
From the American Revolution to the genetic revolution, the U.S. Supreme Court's uneasy attempts to weave science into the Constitution
Suppose that scientists identify a gene that predicts that a person is likely to commit a serious crime. Laws are then passed making genetic tests mandatory,...
Legal Alchemy
The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2000
Is scientific information misused by this country's court system and lawmakers? Today more than ever before, lawyers, politicians, and government administrators are forced to wrestle with scientific research and to employ scientific thinking. The results are often less than enlightened.
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