Stories about science in law
by David S. Caudill .
- England : Ashgate pub, 2010.
- 156 p.
- (Law, language and communication) .
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Law-and-literature, literature-and-science, and a hybrid law-literature-science field of study Chapter 3. Ramóny Cajal : hard sf for trial lawyers Chapter 4. Ibsen's an enemy of the people : the public understanding of science in law Chapter 5. Idealizing science in film : the expert witness in trial movies Chapter 6. Faction : Truman Capote, legal ethics and "In Cold Blood" Chapter 7. Historical narratives : mad alchemists, experts attacking experts, and the crisis in forensic science Chapter 8. Conclusion : a new picture of science in law Bibliography Index.