1. Scientific evidence / Danielle Sapse -- 2. Trends in legal aspects of methamphetamine / Kimora -- 3. New frontiers in molecular forensics : identification of botanical, entomological, and microbial material / Margaret Wallace -- 4. Quantum chemical calculations applied to systems of forensic interest / Anne-Marie Sapse -- 5. DNA : applications to several legal cases and quantum chemical calculations on its interaction with methyllithium / Danielle Sapse ... [et al.] -- 6. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy : a powerful took for the identification and quantitation of drugs and drugs of abuse in biofluids / Elise Champeil -- 7. Role of pharmacogenetics in forensic toxicology / Delphine Allorge and Gilles Tournel -- 8. Virtual autopsy : modern cross-sectional imaging / Fabrice De Douit ... [et al.] -- 9. Forensic anthropology and human identification in criminal matters / Angelique Corthals -- 10. Portmortem chemistry / Victor W. Weedn, Charles F. Sieber, and Joseph A. Prahlow -- 11. The recent evolution of animal cruelty law and veterinary forensic medicine / Robert W. Reisman.