TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pillayre,Héloïse
TI  - Victims Dealing With Scientific Uncertainty and its Legal Translation: The Case of the Hepatitis B Vaccine
PY  - 2014///.
							
N1  - 22
N2  - This article seeks to compare the conditions affecting the perception of truth in science and law from the point of view of the victims of a French medical controversy. For this purpose, I analyze the hepatitis B vaccine that is suspected of inducing various auto immune diseases. Based on interviews with 15 alleged victims of the vaccine, I explicate the nature of the victims’ lay knowledge. Then the article analyzes the importance that the victims give to the judicial arena when making decisions regarding causal links in a context of uncertainty. Finally, it demonstrates that although victims have developed very strong expectations of the law, they remain in a largely mediated position. This contrasts with scientific investigations in which many of the alleged victims are actively involved. These observations lead to a reflection upon the way in which common sense and expertise are articulated in science and law
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-droit-et-societe1-2014-1-page-33?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -