The Law of Expert Testimony Author:Henry Wade Rogers Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER I11. THE EXAMINATION OF EXPERT WITNESSES, AND THE WEIGHT OF THEIR TESTIMONY. SECTION. 24. Mode of Examination of Expert Witnesses. 25. The H... more »ypothetical Question. 26. The Hypothetical Question—The Subject Continued. 27. When Questions need not be Hypothetical. 28. The Hypothetical Question on the Cross-examination. 29. Questions to Experts should not embrace Questions of Law. 30. Questions to Experts as to Particular Cases. 31. An Expert cannot be asked for an Opinion on Facts not Stated. 32. Latitude of Inquiry in the Examination of Experts. 33. Some General Rules Governing the Examination of Witnesses. 34. Excluding Experts from the Court Room during the Examination of Witnesses. 35. Right of the Court to Limit the Number of Expert Witnesses. 36. By whom Expert Witnesses are Selected. 37. Weight of Expert Testimony a Question for the Jury. 38. Right of the Jury to Exercise an Independent Judgment. 39. Instructions to the Jury as to the Nature and Weight of Expert Testimony. 40. Instructions to the Jury as to the Nature and Weight of Expert Testimony—The Subject Continued. 41. Instructions to the Jury as to the Nature and Weight of Expert Testimony—The Subject Continued. 42. The Value of Expert Testimony. § 24. Mode of Examination of Expert Witnesses.—It being determined by the court, that the subject matter of inquiry is one upon which the opinion of experts may properly be received in evidence, and that the witness introduced possesses special skill in the subject matter of inquiry, theexamination of the witness is next in order, and it becomes important that such examination should proceed strictly in accordance with the rules, which it has been found necessary to establish in relation to ...« less