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Toward Incentive-Based Procedure: Three Approaches for Regulating Scientific Evidence

Elliott, E. Donald
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Abstract
The problem to be discussed is hardly the most important facing the law today. Expert testimony about technical and scientific issues is presented in a relatively small percentage of cases. It plays a central role in an even smaller proportion: for example, in toxic torts, medical malpractice, and occasionally in criminal cases in which new forensic techniques are offered as evidence.