Cultures of Facts
@article{Scheppele2003CulturesOF, title={Cultures of Facts}, author={Kim Lane Scheppele}, journal={Perspectives on Politics}, year={2003}, volume={1}, pages={363 - 368} }
Why is it so hard for relevant social science findings to ake their way into courtrooms, either at the trial level or on appeal? From the perspective of the social scientist, Patricia Wald is the ideal judge—someone who takes empirical research seriously and wants to use it when she can. But the fact that even a sympathetic judge like Judge Wald finds this to be difficult should tell us something. Legal professionals and social scientists have different cultures of facts.
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