Legal Alchemy: The Use and Misuse of Science in the Law Book

Preface

I. From the Dark Ages to the New Age
The Strange History of Science in the Law

II. An Overview
How Law and Science Meet—From Courts to Congress

III. The Gatekeepers
Scientific Expert Testimony in the Trial Process

IV. It Is So, If the Supreme Court Think So
The Supreme Court's Use of Science in Constitutional Interpretation

V. It's Not Just a Bad Idea, It's The Law
Science in the Legislative Process

VI. Rarely Pure, Never Simple
Science in the Federal Bureaucracy

VII. No Crystal Balls, Please
What the Future Holds for Science in the Law

Notes
Index