Tal Golan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1113385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tal Golan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tal |
| FAMILY NAME | Golan |
| SIGNATURE | GOLAN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7940-7473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Global Forensic Cultures
Ignition’s glow
The Kishon Affair
ArgumentThis article describes how science and law were called upon (and failed) to resolve a controversy that created a painful rift between the Israeli State and some of its elite soldiers. The controversy, which came to be known as "the Kishon affair," erupted in 2000, when veterans of an elite and secretive unit in the Israeli navy claimed that pollution in the Kishon River where they had trained and dived during their military service had be…
Laws of Men and Laws of Nature
Visual Images in the Courtroom
Laws of Men and Laws of Nature
Journal Article Laws of Men and Laws of Nature: The History of Expert Scientific Testimony in England and America Get access Golan Tal. Laws of Men and Laws of Nature: The History of Expert Scientific Testimony in England and America. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press, 2004. 325 pp. $49.95. Jason Borenstein Jason Borenstein Georgia Tech Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal Histo…
The Emergence of the Silent Witness
The late 19th-century discovery of X-rays befuddled not only the scientific world but also the medical and legal worlds. The possibility of looking into the human body as if through an open window challenged the time-honored medical monopoly over the inner cavities of the human body. Likewise, the possibility of visualizing objects unavailable to the naked eye challenged the established legal theories and practices of illustration and proof. This…
The History of Scientific Expert Testimony in the English Courtroom
The ArgumentThis paper provides a historical perspective to one of the liveliest debates in common law courts today - the one over scientific expert testimony. Arguing against the current tendency to present the problem of expert testimony as a late twentieth-century predicament which threatens to spin out of control, the paper shows that the phenomena of conflicting scientific testimonies have been perennial for at least two centuries, and inten…
The Emergence of the Silent Witness
The late 19th-century discovery of X-rays befuddled not only the scientific world but also the medical and legal worlds. The possibility of looking into the human body as if through an open window challenged the time-honored medical monopoly over the inner cavities of the human body. Likewise, the possibility of visualizing objects unavailable to the naked eye challenged the established legal theories and practices of illustration and proof. This…
The History of Scientific Expert Testimony in the English Courtroom
The ArgumentThis paper provides a historical perspective to one of the liveliest debates in common law courts today - the one over scientific expert testimony. Arguing against the current tendency to present the problem of expert testimony as a late twentieth-century predicament which threatens to spin out of control, the paper shows that the phenomena of conflicting scientific testimonies have been perennial for at least two centuries, and inten…
Visual Images in the Courtroom
The History of Scientific Expert Testimony in the English Courtroom
The ArgumentThis paper provides a historical perspective to one of the liveliest debates in common law courts today - the one over scientific expert testimony. Arguing against the current tendency to present the problem of expert testimony as a late twentieth-century predicament which threatens to spin out of control, the paper shows that the phenomena of conflicting scientific testimonies have been perennial for at least two centuries, and inten…
The Emergence of the Silent Witness
The late 19th-century discovery of X-rays befuddled not only the scientific world but also the medical and legal worlds. The possibility of looking into the human body as if through an open window challenged the time-honored medical monopoly over the inner cavities of the human body. Likewise, the possibility of visualizing objects unavailable to the naked eye challenged the established legal theories and practices of illustration and proof. This…
Laws of Men and Laws of Nature
Journal Article Laws of Men and Laws of Nature: The History of Expert Scientific Testimony in England and America Get access Golan Tal. Laws of Men and Laws of Nature: The History of Expert Scientific Testimony in England and America. Cambridge, Ma.: Harvard University Press, 2004. 325 pp. $49.95. Jason Borenstein Jason Borenstein Georgia Tech Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar American Journal of Legal Histo…
Visual Images in the Courtroom
Laws of Men and Laws of Nature
The Kishon Affair
ArgumentThis article describes how science and law were called upon (and failed) to resolve a controversy that created a painful rift between the Israeli State and some of its elite soldiers. The controversy, which came to be known as "the Kishon affair," erupted in 2000, when veterans of an elite and secretive unit in the Israeli navy claimed that pollution in the Kishon River where they had trained and dived during their military service had be…
Ignition’s glow
Global Forensic Cultures
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