Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere
The article analyses the role of social scientists as expert witnesses in the ICTY, whose contribution is assessed in the light of the long development of this practice. Wider discussion on the courtroom usage of scientific knowledge is evoked in order to emphasize the problems in regulation of expe...
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Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade
2007-01-01
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| description | The article analyses the role of social scientists as expert witnesses in the ICTY, whose contribution is assessed in the light of the long development of this practice. Wider discussion on the courtroom usage of scientific knowledge is evoked in order to emphasize the problems in regulation of expert witnessing. Differing mechanisms set to ensure the scientific reliability and legal relevance of the contribution of experts is analyzed in different legal contexts and in different scholarly disciplines. Regulation of expert witnessing in The Hague tribunal is perceived as specific solution whose consequences are tracked through the role of experts in the trials and through the public perception of this role. The goal of such approach is to nuance the dominant interpretations on the role of scholars in the Hague tribunal and to create the preconditions for understanding of the specific character of their role. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67fe3e06f2c14db0a1848c315279c97a2022-12-22T03:04:46ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382007-01-0118310311610.2298/FID0703103PSocial scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewherePetrović VladimirThe article analyses the role of social scientists as expert witnesses in the ICTY, whose contribution is assessed in the light of the long development of this practice. Wider discussion on the courtroom usage of scientific knowledge is evoked in order to emphasize the problems in regulation of expert witnessing. Differing mechanisms set to ensure the scientific reliability and legal relevance of the contribution of experts is analyzed in different legal contexts and in different scholarly disciplines. Regulation of expert witnessing in The Hague tribunal is perceived as specific solution whose consequences are tracked through the role of experts in the trials and through the public perception of this role. The goal of such approach is to nuance the dominant interpretations on the role of scholars in the Hague tribunal and to create the preconditions for understanding of the specific character of their role.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2007/0353-57380703103P.pdfThe Hague Tribunalexpert witnessingthe trial of Slobodan Milosevicmethodology of social sciences |
| spellingShingle | Petrović Vladimir Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere Filozofija i Društvo The Hague Tribunal expert witnessing the trial of Slobodan Milosevic methodology of social sciences |
| title | Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere |
| title_full | Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere |
| title_fullStr | Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere |
| title_short | Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere |
| title_sort | social scientists as expert witnesses in the hague tribunal and elsewhere |
| topic | The Hague Tribunal expert witnessing the trial of Slobodan Milosevic methodology of social sciences |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2007/0353-57380703103P.pdf |
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