Information Quality and Evidence Law: A New Role for Social Media, Digital Publishing and Copyright Law?

摘要: Increasingly, judges are asked to act as gatekeepers between law and science, using the rules of admissibility perform what could be understood a form “secondary forensic information quality assurance”. To exercise their gate keeping function ensure that jury is only exposed “best evidence (possible)”, rely on other primary gatekeepers, amongst them regulators, scientific communities academic publishers. This paper addresses how digital media new forms publishing changing nature these focusing in particular they change role peer review major assurance mechanism used by courts at present. Data mining social also provides us with both quantitatively qualitatively about scientists, practice science. argues discourse can one avenue make more systematic use data, helping address long-known shortcomings justice system.