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Book Legal Evidence and Proof

    Book Details:
  • Author : Henry Prakken
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2016-04-22
  • ISBN : 131710630X
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Legal Evidence and Proof written by Henry Prakken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of recent scandals concerning evidence and proof in the administration of criminal justice - ranging from innocent people on death row in the United States to misuse of statistics leading to wrongful convictions in The Netherlands and elsewhere - inquiries into the logic of evidence and proof have taken on a new urgency both in an academic and practical sense. This study presents a broad perspective on logic by focusing on inference not just in isolation but as embedded in contexts of procedure and investigation. With special attention being paid to recent developments in Artificial Intelligence and the Law, specifically related to evidentiary reasoning, this book provides clarification of problems of logic and argumentation in relation to evidence and proof. As the vast majority of legal conflicts relate to contested facts, rather than contested law, this volume concerning facts as prime determinants of legal decisions presents an important contribution to the field for both scholars and practitioners.

Book The Proof

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  • Author : Frederick Schauer
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2022-05-31
  • ISBN : 0674276256
  • Pages : 321 pages

Download or read book The Proof written by Frederick Schauer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Scribes Book Award “Displays a level of intellectual honesty one rarely encounters these days...This is delightful stuff.” —Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal “At a time when the concept of truth itself is in trouble, this lively and accessible account provides vivid and deep analysis of the practices addressing what is reliably true in law, science, history, and ordinary life. The Proof offers both timely and enduring insights.” —Martha Minow, former Dean of Harvard Law School “His essential argument is that in assessing evidence, we need, first of all, to recognize that evidence comes in degrees...and that probability, the likelihood that the evidence or testimony is accurate, matters.” —Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Education “I would make Proof one of a handful of books that all incoming law students should read...Essential and timely.” —Emily R. D. Murphy, Law and Society Review In the age of fake news, trust and truth are hard to come by. Blatantly and shamelessly, public figures deceive us by abusing what sounds like evidence. To help us navigate this polarized world awash in misinformation, preeminent legal theorist Frederick Schauer proposes a much-needed corrective. How we know what we think we know is largely a matter of how we weigh the evidence. But evidence is no simple thing. Law, science, public and private decision making—all rely on different standards of evidence. From vaccine and food safety to claims of election-fraud, the reliability of experts and eyewitnesses to climate science, The Proof develops fresh insights into the challenge of reaching the truth. Schauer reveals how to reason more effectively in everyday life, shows why people often reason poorly, and makes the case that evidence is not just a matter of legal rules, it is the cornerstone of judgment.

Book Theory of Legal Evidence   Evidence in Legal Theory

Download or read book Theory of Legal Evidence Evidence in Legal Theory written by Verena Klappstein and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses theoretical problems concerning legal evidence. The concept of evidence is expected to fulfill a number of distinct roles in science and philosophy, but also in legal theory and law, some of which are complementary, while others are conflicting. In their profession, lawyers have to deal with evidence and proof. Yet the legal concept of evidence is constantly changing, and the debate concerning the distinction between a legal concept of evidence, the ordinary concept of evidence and the concept of evidence in science is far from being settled. What is more, the problem of evidence is central to both epistemology and the philosophy of science, and by extension to our academic thinking on law. In short, legal theorists’ interest in evidence may include such diverse objects as a bloody knife, sensory data, linguistic entities or psychologically recognized beliefs. The book surveys selected theoretical roles that the concept of evidence plays and explores their relations and interconnections. The content is divided into three parts, investigating: (1) evidence in epistemology and the philosophy of science, which focuses on evidence methodologies and the problem of proof in legal scholarship; (2) evidence in legal theory and legal philosophy, where particular attention is paid to the interplay between evidence, legal reasoning and the binding force of such reasoning; and (3) evidence in law, where theoretical problems pertaining to witnesses, expert opinions, explanations of the accused, statistical evidence and neuroscientific evidence are examined.

Book Evidence Matters

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  • Author : Susan Haack
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2014-07-28
  • ISBN : 1107039967
  • Pages : 445 pages

Download or read book Evidence Matters written by Susan Haack and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-28 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Haack brings her distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues.

Book Evidence  Proof  and Facts

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  • Author : Peter Murphy
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
  • Release : 2003-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780199261956
  • Pages : 602 pages

Download or read book Evidence Proof and Facts written by Peter Murphy and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the law of evidence has dominated jurisprudential treatment of the subject, evidence is in truth a multi-disciplinary subject. This book is a collection of materials concerned not only with the law of evidence, but also with the logical and rhetorical aspects of proof; the epistemology of evidence as a basis for the proof of disputed facts; and scientific aspects of the subject. The editor raises issues such as the philosophical basis for the use of evidence; whether courtroom proof is essentially mathematical or non-mathematical; and the use of different theories of probability in legal reasoning.

Book Legal Evidence and Proof

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  • Author : Taylor & Francis Group
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-05-31
  • ISBN : 9781138251960
  • Pages : 302 pages

Download or read book Legal Evidence and Proof written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a result of recent scandals concerning evidence and proof in the administration of criminal justice - ranging from innocent people on death row in the United States to misuse of statistics leading to wrongful convictions in The Netherlands and elsewhere - inquiries into the logic of evidence and proof have taken on a new urgency both in an academic and practical sense. This study presents a broad perspective on logic by focusing on inference not just in isolation but as embedded in contexts of procedure and investigation. With special attention being paid to recent developments in Artificial Intelligence and the Law, specifically related to evidentiary reasoning, this book provides clarification of problems of logic and argumentation in relation to evidence and proof. As the vast majority of legal conflicts relate to contested facts, rather than contested law, this volume concerning facts as prime determinants of legal decisions presents an important contribution to the field for both scholars and practitioners.

Book Evidence  Proof and Probability

Download or read book Evidence Proof and Probability written by Sir Richard Eggleston and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1983 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Dialogue Between Law and History

Download or read book A Dialogue Between Law and History written by Baosheng Zhang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the success of the First International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Law and Philosophy (Shanghai, China, May 2016), which was co-hosted by the Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization (CICJC) and East China Normal University. The Second International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Law and History was jointly organized by the CICJC, the Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science (ELFS) at China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), and Peking University School of Transnational Law (STL) in Shenzhen, China, on November 16–17, 2019. Historians, legal scholars and legal practitioners share the same interest in ascertaining the “truth” in their respective professional endeavors. It is generally recognized that any historical study without truthful narration of historical events is fiction and that any judicial trial without accurate fact-finding is a miscarriage of justice. In both historical research and the judicial process, practitioners are invariably called upon, before making any arguments, to prove the underlying facts using evidence, regardless of how the concept is defined or employed in different academic or practical contexts. Thus, historians and legal professionals have respectively developed theories and methodological tools to inform and explain the process of gathering evidentiary proof. When lawyers and judges reconsider the facts of cases, “questions of law” are actually a subset of “questions of fact,” and thus, the legal interpretation process also involves questions of “historical fact.” The book brings together more than twenty leading history and legal scholars from around the world to explore a range of issues concerning the role of facts as evidence in both disciplines. As such, the book is of enduring value to historians, legal scholars and everyone interested in truth-seeking.

Book The Principles of Judicial Proof

Download or read book The Principles of Judicial Proof written by John Henry Wigmore and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Evidence  Proof and Justice

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  • Author : Solomon E. Salako
  • Publisher : Bookboon
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 8776816850
  • Pages : 110 pages

Download or read book Evidence Proof and Justice written by Solomon E. Salako and published by Bookboon. This book was released on 2010 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Treatise on the Principles of Evidence

Download or read book A Treatise on the Principles of Evidence written by William Mawdesly BEST and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Burdens of Proof

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  • Author : Dale A. Nance
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2016-03-11
  • ISBN : 1316539032
  • Pages : 345 pages

Download or read book The Burdens of Proof written by Dale A. Nance and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adjudicative tribunals in both criminal and non-criminal cases rely on the concept of the 'burden of proof' to resolve uncertainty about facts. Perhaps surprisingly, this concept remains clouded and deeply controversial. Written by an internationally renowned scholar, this book explores contemporary thinking on the evidential requirements that are critical for all practical decision-making, including adjudication. Although the idea that evidence must favor one side over the other to a specified degree, such as 'beyond reasonable doubt', is familiar, less well-understood is an idea associated with the work of John Maynard Keynes, namely that there are requirements on the total amount of evidence considered to decide the case. The author expertly explores this distinct Keynesian concept and its implications. Hypothetical examples and litigated cases are included to assist understanding of the ideas developed. Implications include an expanded conception of the burden of producing evidence and how it should be administered.

Book A Philosophy of Evidence Law

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  • Author : H. L. Ho
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
  • Release : 2008-03-06
  • ISBN : 0199228302
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book A Philosophy of Evidence Law written by H. L. Ho and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2008-03-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the legal and moral theory behind the law of evidence and proof, arguing that only by exploring the nature of responsibility in fact-finding can the role and purpose of much of the law be fully understood. Ho argues that the court must not only find the truth to do justice, it must do justice in finding the truth.

Book Legal Evidence and Proof

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  • Author : Hendrik Kaptein
  • Publisher : Ashgate Publishing Company
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 9780754676201
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Legal Evidence and Proof written by Hendrik Kaptein and published by Ashgate Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents a broad perspective on logic by focusing on inference not just in isolation but as embedded in contexts of procedure and investigation. Subjects covered include, among others, division of burdens of proof, circumstantial evidence and abductive inference, and the logic of testing (false) confessions.

Book Proof

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  • Author : Andrew Palmer
  • Publisher : Lawbook Company
  • Release : 2014-12-18
  • ISBN : 9780455233697
  • Pages : 1 pages

Download or read book Proof written by Andrew Palmer and published by Lawbook Company. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of Proof includes clear, simple and easy-to-follow methods for organising and analysing evidence and includes an increased focus on the preparation of the defence case. A detailed Appendix provides a step by step analysis of a case and shows the practical application of charting evidence in order to construct the strongest possible case for presentation at trial.

Book Evidence and the Litigation Process

Download or read book Evidence and the Litigation Process written by Jeffrey Pinsler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 1183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: