RELATIVE ROLES OF THE JUDGE AND THE EXPERT IN THE EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES - FRANCE (FROM RELATIVE ROLES OF THE JUDGE AND THE EXPERT IN THE EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE, 1976, BY GERARD CORNU)

• NCJ Number: 38478
• Author(s): J PRADEL
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: Presses Universitaries de France
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French
• Country: France

Annotation

REVIEW OF PROVISIONS OF THE FRENCH CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CONCERNING THE JUDGE'S CONTROL OF THE PROCESS OF EVIDENCE EVALUATION BY EXPERT WITNESSES.

Abstract

EXAMINED ARE THE COMPLETE SUBORDINATION OF THE EXPERT TO THE JUDGE'S INSTRUCTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE OBJECT OF HIS EVALUATION AND THE RELATIVE AUTONOMY OF THE EXPERT WITH REGARD TO THE METHODS OF HIS EVALUATION. --IN FRENCH