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- Title: Flexible Standards, Deferential Review: Daubert's Legacy of Confusion.
- Author : Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
- Release Date : January 22, 2006
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 287 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION Expert evidence--particularly expert scientific evidence--has long been thought to require special treatment in the courtroom. (1) Concern about "junk science" and fear that jurors will be easily impressed by such evidence are two oft-cited reasons for giving special attention to expert testimony. (2) Addressing these concerns, the Supreme Court set the standard for the admissibility of expert testimony in the 1993 case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. (3) The holding of Daubert and two other cases, referred to as the "Daubert trilogy," (4) were later codified in Rule 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence: (5)