http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/judicial-activism/ Two lawyers on law, legislation and liberty. And other stuff. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:13:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://skepticlawyer.com.au/2008/04/judicial-activism/#comment-11853 Dave Bath Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:04:26 +0000 http://legalsoapbox.wordpress.com/?p=558#comment-11853 At least the law profession has a way of sometimes forcing policy changes. It's a pity scientists don't have the same power on issues in their area of expertise... at least until we have law/science graduates up high in the magisterial food chain. How many arguments about administrative decisions with a science component could be considered novel given that scientific data and thinking evolves so fast (e.g. stem cells, atmospheric data, yada, yada, yada). That gives lots of scope for progress in courts! At least the law profession has a way of sometimes forcing policy changes. It’s a pity scientists don’t have the same power on issues in their area of expertise… at least until we have law/science graduates up high in the magisterial food chain. How many arguments about administrative decisions with a science component could be considered novel given that scientific data and thinking evolves so fast (e.g. stem cells, atmospheric data, yada, yada, yada). That gives lots of scope for progress in courts!

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