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Edward K. Cheng* Founded on good intentions but unrealistic expectations, the dominant Daubert framework for handling expert and scientific evidence should be scrapped. Daubert asks judges and jurors to make substantively expert determinations, a task they are epistemically incompetent to perform as laypersons.
May 20, 2010 · Professor Cheng has been appointed professor of law. He joins Vanderbilt’s law faculty from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a professor of law. His research focuses on scientific and expert evidence, and the interaction between law and statistics.
Dec 17, 2014 · Cheng defines legal numeracy as “the ability to comprehend, critically assess and explain” the studies upon which statistical evidence is based, and he highlights a compelling reason for lawyers to avoid bland acceptance of innumeracy: Math errors are all too common in legal cases.
EDWARD K. CHENG. Vanderbilt University Law School. 131 21st Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203. edward.cheng@vanderbilt.edu. 615-875-7630. APPOINTMENTS. Vanderbilt University Law School Hess Chair in Law, 2018-present Professor of Law, 2010-present FedEx Research Professor, 2017-18 Tarkington Chair in Teaching Excellence, 2013-2016 .
Research — Edward K. Cheng. Treatise. Modern Scientific Evidence (5 vols.) (2006-17 eds.) (currently with David Faigman, Jennifer Mnookin, Erin Murphy, Joseph Sanders, and Christopher Slobogin) Submitted Works. Beyond the Witness: Bringing a Process Perspective to Modern Evidence Law, 97 TEX. L. REV. 1077 (2019) (with Alex Nunn).
Specialties: Expert and scientific evidence, statistical studies in law · Experience: Vanderbilt University · Education: Columbia University in the City of New York · Location: Nashville · 424 ...
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