TY - T1 - Predefined Criteria and Interpretative Flexibility in Legal Courts’ Evaluation of Expertise SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/310753 T3 - A1 - Taipale, Jaakko A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - This study examines two different approaches in empirical analysis of judges' evaluation of expertise in court: first, an analyst-based approach that employs predefined normative criteria to measure judges' performance, and second, an actor-based approach that emphasizes interpretative flexibility in judges' evaluation practice. I demonstrate how these different approaches to investigating judges' adjudication lead to differing understandings about judges' abilities to evaluate scientific eviden... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 611 Philosophy; 5200 Other social sciences; Daubert; DTI; expertise; fMRI; interpretative flexibility; law and science; practice; scientific literacy; traumatic brain injury; SCIENCE; JUDGES; LAW; CREDIBILITY N1 - PP - ER -