Medicine on trial Medical testimony and forensic expertise in the Scottish high court of justiciary c.1822-1906

Kelly Couzens

doi:10.26182/p577-wy98

Medicine on trial Medical testimony and forensic expertise in the Scottish high court of justiciary c.1822-1906

Kelly Couzens

School of Humanities

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This thesis examines the role, construction and influence of medical testimony and forensic expertise in investigations and trials of violent crimes before the Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary from c.1822-1906. This dissertation analyses how important the professional networks and authority of the medical expert was to criminal cases and in what ways the expert's role was mediated by public, judicial and medical responses. To focus on the experience of the forensic expert in detail, cases which involved four individuals who each held the Regius Chair of Medical Jurisprudence and Medical Police in Edinburgh are discussed.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Barrie, David, Supervisor Kelly, Catherine, Supervisor Stuart, Robert, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	8 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/p577-wy98
Publication status	Unpublished - 2019

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