The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence

by David Kaye and David H. Kaye

Book Overview

Bridging law, genetics, and statistics, this book is an authoritative history of the long and tortuous process by which DNA science has been integrated into the American legal system. In a history both scientifically sophisticated and comprehensible to the nonspecialist, David H. Kaye weaves together molecular biology, population genetics, the legal rules of evidence, and theories of statistical reasoning as he describes the struggles between prosecutors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674035887
• ISBN13: 9780674035881
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"