Social Science in Law

by John Monahan, Laurens Walker

This introduction to Social Science in Law offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of how American courts use research and testimony from the social sciences in reaching their decisions.The publication incorporates Dauber v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the United States Supreme Court's landmark decision on scientific evidence in addition to new Daubert-based cases cited throughout the book. The book offers an in-depth discussion of the growing use of survey methods to establish damages in mass tort cases. The authors have integrated the latest Web site addresses to aid in further social science and legal research. It includes selections from two handbooks: the Federal Judicial Center Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence and West's Modern Scientific Evidence.

585 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Jennifer]

Refraining from giving it a rating based on my enjoyment as it's a casebook. Nevertheless, I found the book clear and informative (although I imagine it helps that I had one of the authors teaching me the materials).