书目名称 | Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation |
副标题 | A Controversial Lega |
编辑 | Ramses Delafontaine |
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概述 | Introduces the practice of expert witnessing by historians on both a theoretical and practical level.Features an exceptional number of court cases, including recent tobacco litigation in the United St |
丛书名称 | Studies in the History of Law and Justice |
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描述 | .Historian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness. This book focuses on tobacco litigation in the U.S. wherein 50 historians have witnessed in 314 court cases from 1986 to 2014. The author examines the use of historical arguments in court and investigates how a legal context influences historical narratives and discourse in forensic history. Delafontaine asserts that the courtroom is a performative and fact-making theatre. Nonetheless, he argues that the civic responsibility of the historian should not end at the threshold of the courtroom where history and truth hang in the balance..The book is divided into three parts featuring an impressive range of European and American case studies. The first part provides a theoretical framework on the issues which arise when history and law interact. The second part gives a comparative overview of European and American examples of forensic history. This part also reviews U.S. legal rules and case law on expert evidence, as well as extralegal challenges historians face as experts. The third part covers a series of tobacco-related trials. With remunera |
出版日期 | Book 2015 |
关键词 | Code of Ethics for Historians; Daubert Standard; Expert Witnesses; Forensic History; Forensification of |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14292-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-38309-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-14292-0Series ISSN 2198-9842 Series E-ISSN 2198-9850 |
issn_series | 2198-9842 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 |