1. Pathology and neuropathology in the forensic setting / Jan E. Leestma and Elaine Whitfield Sharp -- 2. Scientific evidence and the courts / Elaine Whitfield Sharp -- 3. Forensic aspects of adult and general neuropathology / Jan E. Leestma -- 4. General forensic neuropathology of infants and children / Jan E. Leestma -- 5. Forensic aspects of intracranial equilibria / Jan E. Leestma -- 6. Physical injury to the nervous system / Jan E. Leestma and Kirk L. Thibault -- 7. Child abuse : neuropathology perspectives / Jan E. Leestma -- 8. Gunshot, penetrating, and blast-related injuries to the nervous system / Jan E. Leestma and Joel B. Kirkpatrick -- 9. Forensic aspects of complex neural functions / Jan E. Leestma.