tzyc Wrote:What does E say? Especially the part "Should be of more than"...could anyone rephrase it??
I take "abstract academic interest" to basically mean ideas that exist theoretically in academic circles (among professors, intellectuals, etc. writing books and giving lectures about these studies regarding leading questions and memory).
(E) is saying that these studies about leading questions and memory should not only be discussed among academics, but rather that judges/lawyers/legal community in general need to consider them in light of what we know about eyewitness susceptibility to leading questions. In other words, it's not enough to have these studies floating around in universities without considering their implications on the legal system.
"Should be of more than" Roughly speaking, this is saying: Currently, the studies in question may only be of an academic interest (again, ideas floating around in universities). But for the legal community, these studies should be
considered beyond something merely academic (the practical legal implications).