Grave Risk Defense | Child’s Objection to Return | Role of Trial Court
In this case, after being left in the father’s care for two years, a child was removed from Brazil by his maternal aunt and taken to Massachusetts to live with his mother.
In 1993, the Supreme Court’s opinion in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals ushered in a new era with regard to the admissibility of expert testimony. As expert testimony has become increasingly essential in a wide variety of litigated cases, the Daubert opinion has had an enormous impact.
John B. Wong, Lawrence O. Gostin, Oscar A. Cabrera
January 1, 2011
The Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Third Edition assists judges in managing cases involving complex scientific and technical evidence by describing the basic tenets of key scientific fields from which legal evidence is typically derived and by providing examples of cases in which that e
A collection of decisions on procedural problems arising in criminal trials, from material originally presented at Center seminars for newly appointed district judges.
A collection of decisions on procedural problems arising in criminal trials, from material originally presented at Center seminars for newly appointed district judges.
A description of techniques, equipment, and procedures for videotaping depositions. The report includes forms, state and federal rules, cases, and a listing of articles on this subject.
These guidelines were first devised for a pilot project in four U.S. District Courts to evaluate the use of videotape, and to develop rules and procedures for the future use of videotape in the courts. The graphics in this publication are crude, hand drawn figures.