Matley Marcel B. Admissibility of Handwriting Expertise: A Survey of Post-Daubert Cases

Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. — San Francisco: 2013. — 383 p.383-page text surveying 928 cases, arranged chronologically by Federal and State courts. Indices to Plaintiffs, Defendants and last names of handwriting experts are provided. For each case there is an objective, journalistic-like summary followed by an editorial commentary on pertinent aspects of the case. Throughout the text the incorrect views of critics of handwriting expertise are refuted and technical aspects of the discipline explained. Cases embarassing to both handwriting experts and their critics are given equal coverage and treatment. Suggestions for improving matters are given throughout the text.