Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 "Where There's Muck There's Brass": The Rise of the Modern Expert Witness 5
6. 2 The Common Liar, the Damned Liar, and the Scientific Expert: The Growing Problem of Expert Testimony 52
7. 3 Who Shall Decide Where Experts Disagree? The Nineteenth-Century Debates 107
8. 4 Blood Will Out: Distinguishing Humans from Animals and Scientists from Charlatans 144
9. 5 The Authority of Shadows: The Law and X-Rays 176
10. 6 Science Unwanted: The Law and Psychology 211
11. Epilogue 254
12. Notes 267
13. Index 315