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100	1		_aCage, E. Claire, _d1982- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe science of proof : _bforensic medicine in modern France / _cE. Claire Cage, University of South Alabama.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2022.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStudies in legal history
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2022).
505	0		_aIntroduction -- The science of death -- Poisoning and the problem of proof -- Deception and detection -- Reproductive bodies and crimes -- The forensics of sexual crimes against children -- Conclusion and epilogue.
520			_aThe Science of Proof traces the rise of forensic medicine in late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France and examines its implications for our understanding of expert authority. Tying real life cases to broader debates, the book analyzes how new forms of medical and scientific knowledge, many of which were pioneered in France, were contested, but ultimately accepted, and applied to legal problems and the administration of justice. The growing authority of medical experts in the French legal arena was nonetheless subject to sharp criticism and scepticism. The professional development of medicolegal expertise and its influence in criminal courts sparked debates about the extent to which it could reveal truth, furnish legal proof, and serve justice. Drawing on a wide base of archival and printed sources, Claire Cage reveals tensions between uncertainty about the reliability of forensic evidence and a new confidence in the power of scientific inquiry to establish guilt, innocence, and legal responsibility.
650		0	_aMedical jurisprudence _zFrance _xHistory.
650		0	_aEvidence, Expert _zFrance _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781009198332
830		0	_aStudies in legal history.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781009198356
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