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Changes in the standards for admitting expert evidence in federal civil cases since the Daubert decision

Title
Changes in the standards for admitting expert evidence in federal civil cases since the Daubert decision / Lloyd Dixon, Brian Gill.
Author
Dixon, Lloyd S.
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : Rand Institute for Civil Justice, 2001.

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Additional Authors
Gill, Brian P., 1968-
Description
xxiv, 90 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
In its 1993 Daubert decision, the United States Supreme Court clarified the standards judges should use in deciding whether to admit expert evidence into federal cases. The Supreme Court directed judges to evaluate the method and reasoning underlying the expert evidence and to admit only evidence that was reliable and relevant. This study examines how judges have changed the way they evaluate expert evidence since Daubert and how the parties proposing and challenging evidence have responded as a result.
Series Statement
Rand library collection.
Uniform Title
Rand library collection.
Subject
  • Evidence, Expert > United States
  • Civil procedure > United States
  • LAW > Civil Law
  • Civil procedure
  • Evidence, Expert
  • United States
Note
  • "Prepared for the RAND Institute for Civil Justice."
  • "MR-1439-ICJ"--P. [4] of cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-90).
Contents
1. Expert Evidence and the Challenge for the Courts -- 2. Conceptual Analysis of Daubert's Impact on Disposition of Challenged Evidence and Type of Evidence Challenged -- 3. Data and Methods -- 4. Changes in Reliability Standards Since Daubert -- 5. Trends in Factors Entering into the Reliability Assessment -- 6. Trends in the Other Criteria Used to Assess Expert Evidence -- 7. Consequences of More-Watchful Gatekeeping -- 8. Conclusions and Next Steps -- App. A. Characteristics of Sample of Opinions, Elements of Evidence, Experts, and Litigants -- App. B. Statistical Approach for Analyzing Changes over Time in Outcomes of Interest -- App. C. Evidence that Daubert Was Applied to Cases Filed Before July 1993 -- App. D. Statistical Analysis of Changes in the Decisiveness of General Acceptance.
ISBN
  • 0833030884
  • 9780833030887
LCCN
2002281085
OCLC
  • ocm51842394
  • 51842394
  • SCSB-9020582
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library