Methods of Presenting Scientific Evidence in Court
Panels Versus Party Witnessing in School Desegregation Cases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2331499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark A Chesler (0000-0002-2330-6286, University of Michigan), Debra S Kalmu, Debra Kalmuss (Johns Hopkins University), Debra S Kalmuss (Johns Hopkins University), Joseph Sanders (University of Houston) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 443-468 |
| Publication date | 1983-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049124183011004004 |
| OpenAlex | W2140479916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
This article presents and analyzes lawyers' and scientists' views of the advisability of using alternatives to the party witness format (e.g., scientific panels) in school desegregation cases. Scientists' and attorneys' desires to control the presentation of evidence and courtroom interaction is one factor explaining their preference for panels or party witness formats. In addition, control is seen as a means of influencing several other issues: selection of an appropriate form of dispute settlement in this litigation; management of potential bias in social science scholarship and testimony; and determination of the proper role of expert witnesses. These issues are investigated with a sample of lawyers and scholars who tried and testified in 17 school desegregation cases across the nation
Control (management) · Desegregation · Expert witness · Plaintiff · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics) · Sample (material) · Scholarship · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · Witness · Computer Science · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Legal Issues in Education
Serving Two Masters
Brown v. Board of Education and the Interest-Convergence Dilemma
School Desegregation
The Practitioner Speaks
Meeting the Courts' New Research Needs
The Relevance of "Irrelevant" Testimony
Why the "Haves" Come Out Ahead
From Max Weber
Political Conflict in Applied Scholarship
The Social Scientist's Role in the Preparation of the Florida Desegregation Brief
Professionalization of Sociology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |