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

历史专家与土著诉讼人：历史专家证据在联邦法院案件中的作用。自马博以来，越来越多的历史学家在涉及土著诉讼的案件中被称为专家证人。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，导致可能拒绝诉诸司法。该项目调查这种待遇，探讨诸如一般专家证据、法律与历史之间的具体关系以及涉及土著要求的案件的特殊性等问题。调查的问题是，作为专家证人的历史学家是否既能保持他们的历史专业精神，又能适应法院的要求？证据规则本身需要调整

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