Courts, Science, and the Problem of Accountable Knowledge: A Review of Judicial Policy Making, Empirical Data and Scientific Evidence: Can Courts Manage the Twenty-First Century?

Authors

• Rishabh Kachroo

Abstract

This review reads Rob van Gestel, Jurgen de Poorter, and Edward L. Rubin’s edited volume titled Judicial Policy Making, Empirical Data and Scientific Evidence: Can Courts Manage the Twenty-First Century? as a timely intervention into the evidentiary and institutional demands placed on contemporary courts. It argues that the volume’s key contribution lies in treating courts as knowledge institutions and its strongest suit lies in showing the limits of judicial intuition, anecdote, and inherited legal categories in dealing with such disputes. While the volume is left wanting in its account of knowledge accountability, it would nonetheless be important for scholars of courts, regulation, and legal institutions interested in how adjudication absorbs scientific, empirical, and technical knowledge.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.55496/AUBP3489

Recommended Citation (provided in OSCOLA format)

Rishabh Kachroo, "Courts, Science, and the Problem of Accountable Knowledge: A Review of Judicial Policy Making, Empirical Data and Scientific Evidence: Can Courts Manage the Twenty-First Century?" (2025) 21(2) Indian Journal of Law and Technology
10.55496/AUBP3489
Available at: https://repository.nls.ac.in/ijlt/vol21/iss2/5