Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation: A Controversial Legal Practice

Historian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness. This book focuses on tobacco litigation in the U.S. wherein 50 historians have witnessed in 314 court cases from 1986 to 2014. The author examines the use of...

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spelling oai:scholar.dlu.edu.vn:DLU123456789-595842023-11-11T06:43:04Z Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation: A Controversial Legal Practice Delafontaine, Ramses United States Tobacco Products liability Historians Evidence Expert Historian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness. This book focuses on tobacco litigation in the U.S. wherein 50 historians have witnessed in 314 court cases from 1986 to 2014. The author examines the use of historical arguments in court and investigates how a legal context influences historical narratives and discourse in forensic history. Delafontaine asserts that the courtroom is a performative and fact-making theatre. Nonetheless, he argues that the civic responsibility of the historian should not end at the threshold of the courtroom where history and truth hang in the balance. 2016-01-08T07:49:18Z 2016-01-08T07:49:18Z 2015 Book 978-3-319-14292-0 978-3-319-14291-3 https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/59584 en application/pdf Springer
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language English
topic United States
Tobacco
Products liability
Historians
Evidence
Expert
spellingShingle United States
Tobacco
Products liability
Historians
Evidence
Expert
Delafontaine, Ramses
Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation: A Controversial Legal Practice
description Historian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness. This book focuses on tobacco litigation in the U.S. wherein 50 historians have witnessed in 314 court cases from 1986 to 2014. The author examines the use of historical arguments in court and investigates how a legal context influences historical narratives and discourse in forensic history. Delafontaine asserts that the courtroom is a performative and fact-making theatre. Nonetheless, he argues that the civic responsibility of the historian should not end at the threshold of the courtroom where history and truth hang in the balance.
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title_full Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation: A Controversial Legal Practice
title_fullStr Historians as Expert Judicial Witnesses in Tobacco Litigation: A Controversial Legal Practice
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