Neuroscientific evidence is increasingly being offered in court cases. Consequently, the
legal system needs neuroscientists to act as expert witnesses who can explain the …

We know surprisingly little about the interrater reliability of forensic psychological opinions,
even though courts and other authorities have long called for known error rates for scientific …

Experts in forensic psychology must make skilled observations and conclusions, minimally
compromised by bias, in order to try and provide reliable and accurate conclusions to the …

Abstract Recently, the National Research Council, Committee on Identifying the Needs of
the Forensic Science Community (2009) and President's Council of Advisors on Science …

Numerous studies have shown that the amount of a juror's damages decision is strongly
affected by the number suggested by the plaintiffs attorney, independent of the strength of …

A transformation is under way in international law: a slowdown in formal treaty lawmaking
and a corresponding increase in the production of law by international courts and tribunals …

In Greek and Roman mythology, Icarus was a young boy whose father, Daedalus, crafted
pairs of wings from wooden frames covered in bird feathers to escape the island of Crete …

Abstract As Tversky and Kahneman (1971) noted, effect sizes in smaller samples are
inherently unstable. Donellan et al.(2014) in a large sample show that the relation between …

ABSTRACT The Framers of the Sixth and Seventh Amendments to the United States
Constitution recognized that jury trials were essential for maintaining democratic legitimacy …

We assemble studies within a set that we label randomized control trials (RCTs) in the US
legal profession. These studies are field experiments conducted for the purpose of obtaining …