Synopsis
Contained within this volume are essays from leading thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic on the relationship between law and science. Science plays an ever-increasing part in the development of legislation and the adjudication of cases. Its limitations and its value are explored in these essays which discuss issues of methodology and of evidence.
Booknews
Contains essays from a summer 1997 colloquium held at the Faculty of Laws at University College in London, examining the relationship between law and science and the value and limits of science's role in the development of legislation and the adjudication of cases. Subjects covered include silicone breast implant litigation, the social production of rape trauma syndrome, DNA evidence in the courtroom, and application of patent law principles to scientific developments. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.