The New Wigmore, A Treatise on Evidence: Expert Evidence

by David H. Kaye

Kaye (Arizona State U. College of Law), Bernstein (George Mason U. School of Law) and Mnookin's (U. of Virginia School of Law) reference volume covers all aspects of expert evidence, including subject matter of and need for expert testimony; expert qualifications; the bases for expert testimony; treatises and other learned writing; the relevance-helpfulness, general acceptance, and validity-reliability standards for scientific evidence; determining when expert evidence is scientific evidence; limiting strict scrutiny by methodology, novelty, or type of case; heightened scrutiny for expert testimony; procedural and ethical issues; statistical studies; and forensic science and identity. The appendix contains selected federal rules of evidence on opinion and expert testimony and learned treatises. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

609 pages, Hardcover

First published November 26, 2003