The humble idea that experts are ordinary human beings leads to surprising conclusions
about how to get the best possible expert advice. All too often, experts have monopoly …

From the use of expert testimony in the courtroom to the advice we rely on to solve key
economic, political, and social problems, expertise is an essential part of our decision …

The role and responsibilities of the expert winness is a controversial subject. This article
emphasizes the legal rules (of evidence and procedure) governing the expert and the policy …

Attempts to alter the range of expertise represented on some US advisory committees have
raised questions of accountability in the selection and deployment of expert advice …

I will consider the law and economics of the use of economic expert witnesses. After
introducing the law governing the use of expert witnesses (including economists), I analyze …

Introduction importance of scientific expertise in American public life has steadily grown over
the past century. 1 From the days when a member of Congress could publicly declare he …

As a function of industrialization, scientific revolution (s), and professional specialization,
contemporary culture is thoroughly reliant on experts. The idea of expertise serves as a …

What does it mean to be an expert? In Rethinking Expertise, Harry Collins and Robert Evans
offer a radical new perspective on the role of expertise in the practice of science and the …

It is commonplace for presidents, not long after taking office, to develop a distrust of the
information and advice sent to them by the federal bureaucracy. All too often, what is sent …

In recent political debates there has been a significant change in the valence of the word
“experts” from a superlative to a near pejorative, typically accompanied by a recitation of …