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The articles in this section have been published as part of an exciting new series for the Journal of Law & Policy —works written in conjunction with the Science for Judges Program. The programs are presented in collaboration with the Federal Judicial Center, the National Center for State Courts, and the National Academy of Sciences' Panel on Science, Law and Technology.

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Vol. XV no. 3 Journal of Law & Policy (2007)
Regulating Pharmaceuticals and Scientific Issues Regarding Asbestos
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

When Evidence Isn't:
Trials, Drugs Companies and the FDA

Drummond Rennie, M.D., F.R.D.C.P., M.A.C.P.

Federalism in Action: FDA Regulatory Preemption in Pharmaceutical Cases in State Versus Federal Courts
Catherine M. Sharkey

Enhancing Drug Effectiviness and Efficacy Through Personal Injury Litigation
Anita Bernstein

Prescription Drug Systems and Price Control in Canada
Robert S. Nakagawa

Asbestos and Causation of Non-Respiratory Cancers: Evaluation by the Institute of medicine
Jonathan M. Samet, M.D., M.S.

How Litigation Shapes the Scientific Literature: Asbestos & Disease Among Automovile Mechanics
David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H. & Celeste Monforton, M.P.H.

Federal Asbestos Legislation:
Wrestling With The Medical Issues

Patrick M. Hanlon

Asbestos Litigation in New South Wales
Hon. John Lawrence O'Meally

Vol. XV no. 1 Journal of Law & Policy (2007)
Evaluating Evidence of Causation & Forensic Laboratories: Current Issues & Standards
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

A Framework for Assessing Scientific Arguments: Gaps, Relevance and Integrated Evidence
Carl F. Cranor, Ph.D., M.S.L.

Regulating Crime Laboratories: The Impact of DNA Evidence
Paul C. Giannelli, J.D., M.S.

Judgment for Judges: What Traditional Statistics Don't Tell You About Causal Claims
Steven N. Goodman, M.D.

Determining Disease: Causality From Experimental Toxicology Studies
Ronald L. Melnick, Ph.D. & John R. Bucher, Ph.D.

The Nature and Necessity of Scientific Judgment
Douglas L. Weed, M.D., Ph.D.

Vol. XIV no. 2 Journal of Law & Policy (2006)
Techniques For Evidence-Based Medicine
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Helping Public Officials Use Research Evaluating Healthcare
Daniel M. Fox, Ph.D. & Lee Greenfield, B.S

When Good Information Truly Matters:
Public Sector Decision Makers Acquiring And Using Research To Inform Their Decisions
Mark Gibson

Evaluating Systematic Reviews And Meta-Analyses
Lisa A. Bero, Ph.D.

When There Are No Randomized Controlled Trials:
A Case History Of A Controversial Procedure For Metastatic Breast Cancer
Jeffrey C. Lerner, Ph.D. & Diane C. Robertson

 
Vol. XIV no. 1 Journal of Law & Policy (2005)
Risk Assessment Data: Disclosure and Protection
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Genetic Data in Toxic Tort Litigation
Gary E. Marchant, Ph.D

Evaluating Disease Causation in Humans Exposed to Toxic Substances
Joseph V. Rodricks, Ph.D., D.A.B.T

Doubting Daubert
Lisa Heinzerling

Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Benefits
Eleanor Singer, Ph.D.

Balancing Access to Government-Controlled Information
Alan B. Morrison, L.L.B

Judging Science: An Essay on the Unscientific Basis of Beliefs about the Impact of Legal Rules on Science and the Need for Better Data about Law
Gillian K. Hadfield, Ph.D

The Dangers of Daubert Creep in the Regulatory Realm
Claire R. Kelly

 
Vol. XIII no. 2 Journal of Law & Policy (2005)
Agent Orange Revisited and Human Behavior Research
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Characterization of Exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam Veterans as a Basis for Epidemiological Studies
Jeanne Mager Stellman, Ph.D., & Steven D. Stellman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
* Erratum

Connections:
The Early History of Scientific and Medical Research on “Agent Orange”
David A. Butler, Ph.D.

How Scientists View Causality and Assess Evidence:
A Study of the Institute of Medicine’s Evaluation of Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., M.P.H.

The Role of Science in Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Compensation Policies for Environmental and Occupational Illnesses and Injuries
Mark Brown, Ph.D.

On the Use of Gender Stereotyping Research in Sex Discrimination Litigation
Eugene Borgida, Ph.D., Corrie Hunt, and Anita Kim

Assessing The Likelihood of Future Violence in Individuals with Mental Illness:
Current Knowledge and Future Issues
Edward P. Mulvey, Ph.D.

 
Vol. XIII no. 1 Journal of Law & Policy (2005)
Science for Judges III:
Maintaining the Integrity of Scientific Research and Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Maintaining the Integrity of Scientific Research
David Korn, M.D.

Scientific Evidence in the Regulatory System:
Manufacturing Uncertainty and the Demise of the Formal Regulatory System
David Michaels, M.P.H., Ph.D. & Celeste Monforton, M.P.H.

The Funding Effect in Science and Its Implications for the Judiciary
Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D.

Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA in the Courtroom
Julian Adams, Ph.D.

Mitochondrial DNA: Emerging Legal Issues
Edward K. Cheng

Compositional Analysis of Bullet Lead as Forensic Evidence
Michael O. Finkelstein & Bruce Levin, Ph.D.

Fingerprint Evidence
Sandy L. Zabell, Ph.D.

 
Vol. XII no. 2 Journal of Law & Policy (2004)
Science for Judges II:
The Practice of Epidemiology and Administrative Agency Created Science
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Overview of Research Design in Epidemiology
John Concato, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.

Systematic Review of Medical Evidence
John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D. & Joseph Lau, M.D.

Should Compensation Schemes Be Based on the Probability of Causation or Expected Years of Life Lost?
James Robins

FDA Regulatory Requirements as Tort Standards
Richard Merrill

What is the Value of an FDA Approval in a Judicial Matter?
Michael A. Friedman, M.D.

Science and EPA Decision-Making
Robert M. Sussman

Importing Daubert to Administrative Agencies Through the Information Quality Act
Wendy E. Wagner

Welfare State or Welfare Court:
Asbestos Litigation in Comparative Perspective
Sheila Jasanoff & Dogan Perese

 
Vol. XII no. 1 Journal of Law & Policy (2003)
Science for Judges I:
Papers on Toxicology and Epidemiology
Introduction by Margaret A. Berger

Scientific Judgment and Toxic Torts—
A Primer in Toxicology for Judges and Lawyers
David L. Eaton, Ph.D., DABT, FATS

Causation:
An Epidemiologic Perspective (In Five Parts)
Douglas L. Weed, M.D., Ph.D


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