Novel Expert Evidence

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

1996

Publication Title

12th Annual Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation

Keywords

Frye rule, Evidence Rule 702, gatekeeping, civil rights litigation

Abstract

"This Article addresses evidentiary and procedural issues which arise when parties offer novel expert evidence in federal civil rights litigation. Part I chronicles the introduction of Professor Kenneth Clark's controversial tests using dolls representing different races in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. Part II examines the traditional standard for the reliability of novel scientific proof set forth in Frye v. United States, the development of alternative standards after the adoption of Federal Rule of Evidence

ISBN

1071-8389|21

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