Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World
This article analyses the role of scientific information in legal proceedings by exploring the relationship of law, science and the factual world. The article compares legal and scientific ontology, and discusses how they relate to each other. The comparison is used to explain previous controversie...
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This article analyses the role of scientific information in legal proceedings by exploring the relationship of law, science and the factual world. The article compares legal and scientific ontology, and discusses how they relate to each other. The comparison is used to explain previous controversies between legal and scientific experts. Special consideration is devoted to the legal notion of cause-in-fact, which is discussed at length. The article distinguishes among different meanings of “facticity” in the legal discourse on causation, and discusses the bearing that these meanings have on the legal relevance of scientific information.
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| spelling | doaj.art-37e389208b52439d80a52b72870c24112023-05-28T07:32:21ZengUniversity of ViennaJournal of Social Ontology2196-96632016-11-0131Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual WorldLena Wahlberg0Lund University This article analyses the role of scientific information in legal proceedings by exploring the relationship of law, science and the factual world. The article compares legal and scientific ontology, and discusses how they relate to each other. The comparison is used to explain previous controversies between legal and scientific experts. Special consideration is devoted to the legal notion of cause-in-fact, which is discussed at length. The article distinguishes among different meanings of “facticity” in the legal discourse on causation, and discusses the bearing that these meanings have on the legal relevance of scientific information. https://journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/jso/article/view/6824legal ontologylaw and sciencecausationexpert testimonyquestions of fact |
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| title | Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World |
| title_full | Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World |
| title_fullStr | Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World |
| title_short | Legal Ontology, Scientific Expertise and The Factual World |
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| topic | legal ontology law and science causation expert testimony questions of fact |
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