 |  _ | Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition
National Academy of Sciences, Federal Judicial Center,
2011 (Publication) 1034 pages
The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition assists judges in managing cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of key scientific fields from which legal evidence is typically derived and by providing examples of cases in ...(Read more) |
| _ | Manual for Complex Litigation, Fourth
2004 (Publication) 798 pages
Successor to the Manual for Complex Litigation, Third. This work describes approaches that trial judges have found to be useful in managing complex cases. This edition updates the treatment of electronic discovery and other aspects of pretrial management and describes major changes affecting case ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judge and Attorney Experiences, Practices, and Concerns Regarding Expert Testimony in Federal Civil Trials
Carol Krafka, Meghan A. Dunn, Molly Treadway Johnson, Joe S. Cecil, Dean Miletich,
2002 (Publication) 24 pages
This is an expanded version of Expert Testimony in Federal Civil Trials: A Preliminary Analysis (2000). In 1998, the Federal Judicial Center surveyed federal judges about their experiences with expert testimony in civil cases. Judges answered specific questions about their most recent ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 1: Core Concepts of Microbiology
Stephen J. Breyer, Edward S. Mocarski Jr.,
January 10, 2001 (Video)
4046-V/01 (one DVD) (40 minutes) (print material)
This is the first of six programs in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series. After Justice Stephen Breyer introduces the series, Professor Edward S. Mocarski, Jr., of Stanford University Medical School, provides an overview of key concepts in basic microbiology. He explains the universality of ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 2: Recombinant DNA and Gene Cloning
Edward S. Mocarski Jr.,
January 10, 2001 (Video)
4047-V/01 (one DVD) (36 minutes) (print material)
This is the second of six programs in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series. Professor Edward S. Mocarski, Jr., of Stanford University Medical School, builds upon his lecture in Part One of the series (Core Concepts of Microbiology) by explaining the basic recombinant DNA and gene-cloning ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 3: Markman Issues in Biotech Patent Cases
Fern M. Smith, Paul Michel, Patti Saris, Roderick McKelvie, Leora Ben-Ami,
January 12, 2001 (Video)
4048-V/01 (one DVD) (58 minutes) (print material)
This is the third of six programs in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series. A panel of judges and attorneys discuss the legal and practical issues resulting from the Supreme Court's holding in Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370 (1996). Panelists discuss these issues in the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 4: Basic Principles of Toxicology
Stephen J. Breyer, Bernard D. Goldstein,
February 7, 2001 (Video)
4049-V/01 (one DVD) (59 minutes) (print material)
This is the fourth of six programs in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series. After an introduction by Justice Stephen Breyer, Dr. Bernard D. Goldstein, Chairman of the Department of Environmental & Community Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, discusses basic principles of ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 5: Basic Principles of Epidemiology
Leon Gordis,
February 7, 2001 (Video)
4050-V/01 (one DVD) (49 minutes) (print material)
This is the fifth of six programs in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series. Dr. Leon Gordis, Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, explains the basic principles of epidemiology, the field of public heath and medicine that studies the incidence, distribution, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Science in the Courtroom Program 6: Daubert Issues in Toxic Tort Cases
Fern M. Smith, Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, William W Schwarzer, Elisabeth Cabraser, Nathan Schachtman,
February 9, 2001 (Video)
4051-V/01 (one DVD) (54 minutes) (print material)
This sixth program in the FJC's Science in the Courtroom series focuses on issues judges are likely to encounter as they perform their Daubert gatekeeping duties in toxic tort cases involving epidemiology and toxicology evidence. Judge Fern M. Smith (N.D. Cal.), Director of the Federal Judicial ...(Read more) |
| _ | Expert Testimony in Federal Civil Trials: A Preliminary Analysis
Molly Treadway Johnson, Carol Krafka, Joe S. Cecil,
2000 (Publication) 8 pages
In 1998, the Federal Judicial Center surveyed federal judges about their experiences with expert testimony in civil cases. Judges answered specific questions about their most recent relevant civil trial, as well as questions drawing on their overall experience with expert testimony in civil cases. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Second Edition
2000 (Publication) 638 pages
A reference to assist judges in managing expert evidence in cases involving issues of science or technology. The second edition of Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence has been published and distributed to federal judges. The public may purchase copies from Matthew Bender Publishing Co. ...(Read more) |
| _ | Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, First Edition
1994 (Publication) 637 pages
A reference to assist judges in managing expert evidence in cases involving issues of science or technology. This first edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence is out-of-print, but still available for download.
Please note that many of the manual's sections have been ...(Read more) |