Beyond Legitimate Science: The Case for Policy-related Science

Mariachiara Tallacchini

doi:10.1007/3-540-27133-3_4

Beyond Legitimate Science: The Case for Policy-related Science

Mariachiara Tallacchini

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The legal view of science has changed through time, moving from a more positivist and noncritical position of law towards science to a critical view of science – providing the potential for more objective knowledge, but value-laden as well - and of the role of society. This paper explores some judicial cases that illustrate these attitudes, suggesting that reference to science (particularly to EBM) can be rigourously and equitably made when it serves the cause of transparency and democratisation both in science and in law, as the tendency towards a policy-related science is suggesting.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Evidence-based Practice in Medicine and Health Care
Editors	R. Ter Meulen, N. Biller, Ch. Lenk, R. Lie
Pages	25-33
Number of pages	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27133-3_4
Publication status	Published - 2005

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policy-related science
regulatory science

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Beyond Legitimate Science: The Case for Policy-related Science

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