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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0771770
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Just truth? An empirical study of expert evidence. Though a ubiquitous feature of contemporary legal and regulatory practice, expert evidence continues to create administrative and socio-economic problems. Expert evidence can add to the length, cost and complexity of litigation and has been linked to the failure of tort law, the withdrawal of insurance coverage, legal mistakes and notorious miscarriages of justice. This project will examine how expert knowledge is developed and used in and around legal settings. It will identify means of improving the provision and evaluation of expert advice in order to enhance the social legitimacy of our legal institutions and facilitate commercial innovation and productivity.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2007
End Date: 06-2013
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $105,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Sociology | Legal Practice | Sociology And Social Studies Of Science And Technology | Evidence And Procedure
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Understanding legal processes | Civics and citizenship | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |
