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Abstract

The author understands that the expert evidence can give rise to judicial errors and thus, its production should be firmly controlled. Starting from a historical perspective the author shows how the separation of questions of fact and of law affect the procedures and can be used in support of the judicial control of expert evidence, which should be pursued since its admissibility through its evaluation, always considering the real debate between the parties. The author researched the Law of Evidence typical from the common law, the precedents Frye, Daubert, Joiner and Kumho, as well as other remarkable cases to ground its understanding for the relevance of the examination of the admissibility of the evidence and its proper evaluation. The control suggested, possible de lege lata in Brazil, aims at obtaining reliable proof. Without such reliable proof it is not possible to reach a legitimate result, based on rational data, in civil procedure court disputes.