Science at the Bar

Science and Technology in American Law

Sheila Jasanoff

Foreword by Richard C. Leone

Preface

The Intersections of Science and Law

Changing Knowledge, Changing Rules

The Law's Construction of Expertise

The Technical Discourse of Government

Law in the Republic of Science

Toxic Torts and the Politics of Causation

Legal Encounters with Genetic Engineering

Family Affairs

Definitions of Life and Death

Toward a More Reflective Alliance

Notes

Index