Humanities
  • ISSN: 2155-7993
  • Journal of Modern Education Review

Physics and Jurisprudence: A Didactic Illuminating Example


Luca Indovina1 , Carmela Coppola2 , Carlo Altucci3 , Riccardo Barberi4, Rocco Romano5
(1. Fondazione Poliniclinico Univarsitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; 2. Azienda Ospdaliera Rummo di Benevento, Italy; 3. University
of Naples Federico II, Italy; 4. University of Calabria, Italy; 5. Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, Italy)


Abstract: The teaching of physics is a very important social task even when it concerns only basic physics. In fact, in this article, the case of a real trial is reported in which bad knowledge and a bad application of physics laws led a monocratic judge to issue a judgment based on erroneous physical conclusions.

The relevant thing is that the monocratic judge was misled by a technical report prepared by an alleged expert.

To highlight the mistakes contained in the technical report, firstly the physical solution of the problem will be presented and then a fairly thorough analysis of the conceptual and methodological mistakes contained in the technical report and that led the judge to erroneous conclusions.


Key words: projectile motion, momentum-impulse theorem, physics teaching, restitution coefficients, action-reaction pair





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