The Technologist As An Expert Witness

Robert E. K. Morrill

doi:10.1117/12.946123

20 March 1985 The Technologist As An Expert Witness

Robert E. K. Morrill

Proceedings Volume 0520, Thermosense VII: Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946123
Event: 1984 Cambridge Symposium, 1984, Cambridge, United States

Abstract

Decisions in our legal system are made by laymen. Even the most technical and complex cases are heard and decided by a judge or jury who may very well have no expertise on the questions which confront them. As a result, our legal system permits experts to explain complex phenomena to the fact finder and even to express his opinion on the issue which the fact finder ultimately has to decide. For example, an expert may explain not only how an airplane accident occurred, but also may testify that someone was at fault.

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Robert E. K. Morrill "The Technologist As An Expert Witness", Proc. SPIE 0520, Thermosense VII: Thermal Infrared Sensing for Diagnostics and Control, (20 March 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.946123

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