Analyses Of The Expert Witness Appearing In Court

Scanning our judicial civilization, we'll find the institution of expert testimony, which is finally established as a result of the law evolution, has been a necessary part of the present judicial system. Since early stage of 16th century, Britain had been willing to accept the guide of a qualified expert in law. Saunders, a British judge, ever said: "If there're some difficulties relating to other subjects in our law, we'll usually turn to other specialties for help. I think it deserves to praise, because it indicates that we agree with other science and commend them but not underestimate them." According to this paragraph, we can see Saunders has a proper sense of pride to it.Today, the expert report has been one of important judicial evidence. It occupies a major place in not only the theory of law, but also the practice of law. However, being restricted by the level of theory and skill, the system of Chinese expert testimony still has a lot of defects. As a result, a Decision named The Administration of Expert Testimony was drafted and issued for enforcement by NPC Standing Committee in February 2005. Also in September 2005, The Enrollment Measures of Experts Testimony was passed. They set a unified rule about the administration, qualification and legal responsibility of expert, which will improve our system of expert testimony greatly. But there are still some drawbacks in the norm of expert witness. The expert should appear in court as a witness in order to...