Research Catalog

Title

Forensic expertise and the law of evidence / edited by J.F. Nijboer, C.R. Callen, and N. Kwak.

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nijboer, J. F. (Johannes Fredrikus), 1951-2013.
• Callen, C. R. (Craig R.)
• Kwak, N. (Nienke)

Description

vii, 194 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Verhandelingen / Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, deel 156

Uniform Title

Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 156.

Subject

• Evidence, Expert > Congresses
• Forensic sciences > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of the colloquium, Amsterdam, 12-18 August 1992"--P. facing t.p.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The common law theory of experts : deference or education? / R.J. Allen & J.S. Miller -- The role of experts in UK criminal procedure / J.D. Jackson -- Forensic expertise and the law of evidence in Germany (criminal cases) / K. Volk -- Forensic expertise and the law of evidence in France / M-L. Rassat -- The law of evidence in criminal cases / J.F. Nijboer -- The law of evidence in Dutch criminal cases in a nutshell : the role of the expert / J.F. Nijboer -- Are there now 'generals of criminalistics'? / E.R. Groeneveld -- Expert witnesses as vicarious anchors / H.F.M. Crombag -- Forensic psychiatry and psychology : the expert's position in Dutch criminal justice / F. Koenraadt -- Some comments on the battle of experts and the quest for an appropriate forum / A.J. Hoekema -- Are disputes between law and science resolvable? / D. Nelken -- The rationalist tradition of evidence scholarship. An Anglo-American overview and some speculation about continental Europe / W.L. Twining -- Statistical methods and a paradox of forensic expertise / C.R. Callen -- Forensic expertise and the law of evidence in Europe / H.G. Schermers -- The case law of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the use of expert statements in criminal procedures / J.D. den Hartog -- The The requirement of a fair process and the law of evidence in Dutch criminal proceedings / J.F. Nijboer -- Law's truth, lay truth and lawyers' truth : the representation of evidence in adversary trials / J.D. Jackson.

Call Number

JFF 96-3592

ISBN

044485777X

LCCN

94161127

OCLC

30137065

Title

Forensic expertise and the law of evidence / edited by J.F. Nijboer, C.R. Callen, and N. Kwak.

Imprint

Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, 1993.

Series

Verhandelingen / Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, deel 156

Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde ; nieuwe reeks, d. 156.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Nijboer, J. F. (Johannes Fredrikus), 1951-2013.

Callen, C. R. (Craig R.)

Kwak, N. (Nienke)

Research Call Number

JFF 96-3592