1. Introduction
2. Law-and-literature, literature-and-science, and a hybrid law-literature-science field of study
3. Ramon y Cajal : hard sf for trial lawyers
4. Ibsen's An enemy of the people : the public understanding of science in law
5. Idealizing science in film : the expert witness in trial movies
6. Faction : Truman Capote, legal ethics and In cold blood
7. Historical narratives : mad alchemists, experts attacking experts, and the crisis in forensic science
8. Conclusion : a new picture of science in law.