… maps drawn for them by proponents of a certain version of natural reality—choosing
science while ignoring or discarding its impostors and rivals—they accomplish then and there …

… In our seminar on Law, Science, and Policy, offered for several decades in the Yale Law
School and from which the papers in this book grew, Lasswell and I built upon the …

… the meaning or application of the guidelines. For example, the Supreme Court clearly
emphasized falsifiability as the cornerstone of the scientific method (Daubert, at 593), yet the Court …

… of the Court contributed their authoritative voices to one of the most recent-and one of the
most deadly-false scientific controversies, the … who ignore the known science and excuse the …

… about the Court's logical use of scientific facts. In Part IV, I compare the Court's rhetorical
use of scientific facts with the … findings; (3) the Court misunderstands or ignores valid empirical …

… a mystification of scientific evidence, leading jurors to ignore or minimize the limits in …
We know that jurors overweigh the probative value of science, putting greater weight on such …

… The executive branch is also key, despite its frequently ignoring scientific advice [as in the
case of licensing the Belo Monte Dam (25)]. The Ministry of the Environment and the National …

… contrast to the growing consensus within the social and medical sciences that the risks for
… leveled against the research on corporal punishment is that it ignores cultural differences in …

… and rejection of scientific standards, enhancing our understanding of the actual choices …
Dismissing or ignoring scientific and legal considerations altogether is what is mainly meant …

… sole or primary goal of legal policy,7 economic analysis of law teaches that policymakers
ignore the efficiency implications of their actions at society's peril. Legal rights that are …