Excerpt from The Law of Expert TestimonyThe purpose Which the writer had in mind in the prepar ation of this monograph, was to furnish to the practitioner a more extended presentation of the law relating to expert testimony, than is afforded in the treatises on evidence. It seemed desirable that the law on this important subject should be set forth with more of detail than it has been found practicable to do in the general treatises of the law of evidence. T he cases relating to expert testimony are so numerous and so diversified in character, that any attempt to bring them all together, and give to them that con sideration which they merit in a work devoted to the general subject of evidence, would seem to be out of the question. Moreover, Within the last few years, many and important cases on this subject have been decided by the courts, which have not yet found their way into the larger treatises (in evidence. It was for the purpose of supplying this evident want that this work was undertaken.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.