Oriola Sallavaci

The Impact of Scientific Evidence on the Criminal Trial

The Case of DNA Evidence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial. It examines the limitations of existing theories of criminal trial processes in the face of increasing use of scientific evidence in the court room.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138665606
• ISBN-10: 1138665606
• Artikelnr.: 44214887

Autorenporträt

Oriola Sallavaci is a senior lecturer at Anglia Law School, Anglia Ruskin University. She has taught and practiced law for fifteen years. She has written a book and a number of journal articles on various aspects concerning the impact of expert evidence in criminal proceedings.

Inhaltsangabe

1. DNA evidence and the criminal trial 2. Challenging the reliability of
DNA evidence: lessons to learn from history 3. Towards a new regime for the
admissibility of expert evidence: the impact on the criminal trial 4. The
interpretation and presentation of DNA evidence 5. Evaluating the weight of
scientific evidence 6. The impact of scientific evidence on the criminal
trial