LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Exclusionary Rule, Voir Dire, Psychopathy
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Female judge who made it to the highest level o. It"s hard to say if whether more females on the bench will efect the results of any case. Show that females can be in decision making roles in society. This case they acknowledged the fact that they cannot be totally objective - but can be impartial. Law and science are both processes of truth production o. Whole point of law is to prove truth o o o. Not necessarily the truths but the most relevant truth. Big debate - strict opp. fails to account for inner-disciplinary debate. Law can change science and science can change law. In order for science to progress, there must be law that takes the form in patents. Scientiic humbuggery in court has become an immensely proitable business (huber"s controversial: galileo"s revenge: junk. Long history but courts increasingly rely on expert witnesses e. g. forensics, inance, medical, social sciences, etc. o: vs. j. j. (2000) o.
