HISTORICAL EXPERTS AND INDIGENOUS LITIGANTS: the role of Historical Expert Evidence in Federal Court Cases

自马博以来，历史学家越来越多地被传唤为涉及土著诉讼当事人的案件的专家证人。历史学家认为，法院在处理定性的历史材料方面存在严重困难，可能导致无法诉诸司法。该项目调查这种待遇，探讨诸如专家证据、法律和历史之间的具体关系以及涉及土著权利主张的案件的特殊性等问题。调查询问历史学家作为专家证人是否可以既保留他们的历史专业精神，又能适应法院的要求，或者法院是否可以？证据规则本身需要进行调整。

Since Mabo, historians are increasingly being called as expert witnesses in cases involving indigenous litigants. Historians perceive serious difficulties in the Court's treatment of qualitative, historical material, resulting in a possible denial of access to justice. The project investigates this treatment, pursuing issues such as expert evidence generally, the specific relationship between Law and History, and the particularity of cases involving indigenous claims. The investigation asks whether historians as expert witnesses can retain both their historical professionalism and adapt to the requirements of the courts, or whether the courts? rules of evidence themselves require adaptation.