LEADER 04060nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910778569803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-03912-2 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674039124 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805669 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000242114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188139 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10300464 035 $a(PQKB)11522683 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331341 035 $a(OCoLC)923116426 035 $a(DE-B1597)574550 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674039124 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300754 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805669 100 $a19950428d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScience at the bar$b[electronic resource] $elaw, science, and technology in America /$fSheila Jasanoff 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1995 215 $axvii, 285 p 225 0 $aTwentieth Century Fund Books/Reports/Studies 300 $a"A Twentieth Century Fund book." 311 $a0-674-79302-1 311 $a0-674-79303-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 229-275) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $t1 The Intersections of Science and Law -- $t2 Changing Knowledge, Changing Rules -- $t3 The Law's Construction of Expertise -- $t4 The Technical Discourse of Government -- $t5 Law in the Republic of Science -- $t6 Toxic Torts and the Politics of Causation -- $t7 Legal Encounters with Genetic Engineering -- $t8 Family Affairs -- $t9 Definitions of Life and Death -- $t10 Toward a More Reflective Alliance -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIssues spawned by the headlong pace of developments in science and technology fill the courts. How should we deal with frozen embryos and leaky implants, dangerous chemicals, DNA fingerprints, and genetically engineered animals? The realm of the law, to which beleaguered people look for answers, is sometimes at a loss--constrained by its own assumptions and practices, Sheila Jasanoff suggests. This book exposes American law's long-standing involvement in constructing, propagating, and perpetuating a variety of myths about science and technology. Science at the Bar is the first book to examine in detail how two powerful American institutions--both seekers after truth--interact with each other. Looking at cases involving product liability, medical malpractice, toxic torts, genetic engineering, and life and death, Jasanoff argues that the courts do not simply depend on scientific findings for guidance--they actually influence the production of science and technology at many different levels. Research is conducted and interpreted to answer legal questions. Experts are selected to be credible on the witness stand. Products are redesigned to reduce the risk of lawsuits. At the same time the courts emerge here as democratizing agents in disputes over the control and deployment of new technologies, advancing and sustaining a public dialogue about the limits of expertise. Jasanoff shows how positivistic views of science and the law often prevent courts from realizing their full potential as centers for a progressive critique of science and technology. With its lucid analysis of both scientific and legal modes of reasoning, and its recommendations for scholars and policymakers, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone who hopes to understand the changing configurations of science, technology, and the law in our litigious society. 606 $aScience and law 606 $aTechnology and law 615 0$aScience and law. 615 0$aTechnology and law. 676 $a344.73/095 676 $a347.30495 700 $aJasanoff$b Sheila$0265884 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778569803321 996 $aScience at the bar$9962941 997 $aUNINA