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Truth, error, and criminal law : an essay in legal epistemology / Larry Laudan.

By: Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy and lawPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521730358 (pbk.)
  • 052173035X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 345.05 LAU
Contents:
1. Thinking about error in the law. - 2. The unraveling of reasonable doubt. - 3. Fixing the standard of proof. - 4. Innocence, the burden of proof, and the puzzle of affirmative defenses. - 5. Evaluating evidence and procedures. - 6. Silent defendants, silent witnesses, and lobotomized jurors. - 7. Confessions, poison fruit, and other exclusions. - 8. Double jeopardy and false acquittals: letting felons and judges off the hook? - 9. Dubious motives for flawed rules: the clash between values.
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 345.05 LAU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available LAWxx,17002,03,CL 5000091303

First published 2006

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Thinking about error in the law. - 2. The unraveling of reasonable doubt. - 3. Fixing the standard of proof. - 4. Innocence, the burden of proof, and the puzzle of affirmative defenses. - 5. Evaluating evidence and procedures. - 6. Silent defendants, silent witnesses, and lobotomized jurors. - 7. Confessions, poison fruit, and other exclusions. - 8. Double jeopardy and false acquittals: letting felons and judges off the hook? - 9. Dubious motives for flawed rules: the clash between values.