Controversial Cases: A Study of Relations between Science and Law in Courts/Casos controversiales: un estudio de la relacion entre ciencia y derecho en el proceso judicial/Casos Polemicos: um estudo da relacao entre ciencia e direito no processo judicial

There has been an increase in the use of scientific evidence and expert participation in several court cases, by multiple articulations between the practices and imaginaries from legal and techno-scientific systems. In these cases, a group of 'controversial cases' can be distinguished, whi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Estudios socio-jurídicos 2018-01, Vol.20 (1), p.45
Hauptverfasser: Bailo, Gonzalo Luciano, Levrand, Norma Elizabeth
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Zusammenfassung:There has been an increase in the use of scientific evidence and expert participation in several court cases, by multiple articulations between the practices and imaginaries from legal and techno-scientific systems. In these cases, a group of 'controversial cases' can be distinguished, which problematize the authority of judges and experts, and renegotiate the meanings of traditional concepts such as 'judicial neutrality' and 'expert impartiality and independence'. In order to contribute characterizing such controversial cases, in this paper it is proposed an analysis matrix designed with concepts from Social Science and Technology Studies (STS) and legal studies. This matrix is built from three dimensions: formal/structural, material/ functional and institutional/decisional. These complementary dimensions offer a perspective that allows characterize controversial cases and difference them from other types of complex cases. As example, it is included some environmental cases selected from Argentinian courts. Key words: Controversial cases, scientific evidence, social studies of science and technology, environmental cases. La participacion de expertos y la utilizacion de prueba cientifica en procesos judiciales se han incrementado, articulando practicas e imaginarios del sistema juridico y del tecnocientifico. En estos procesos judiciales, puede distinguirse un grupo de 'casos controversiales', que problematizan la autoridad de jueces y expertos y renegocian los significados de conceptos tradicionales, como el de 'neutralidad judicial' e 'imparcialidad e independencia del experto'. A fin de contribuir en la caracterizacion de estos casos controversiales, en este trabajo se propone una matriz de analisis disenada a partir de conceptos provenientes del campo de los estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnologia (ESCT) y de la dogmatica juridica. Esta matriz se construye a partir de una dimension formal/estructural, una material/funcional y una institucional/decisional. Estas dimensiones se complementan para ofrecer una perspectiva que permita caracterizar los casos controversiales y diferenciarlos de otros casos complejos. A modo ilustrativo, se incluyeron algunos casos ambientales de la jurisprudencia argentina. Palabras clave: casos controversiales, prueba cientifica, estudios sociales de la ciencia y la tecnologia, casos ambientales. A participacao de expertos e a utilizacao de prova cientifica em processos judiciais se tem incrementado, articulando prati
ISSN:0124-0579
DOI:10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/sociojuridicos/a.5341