Laudan, Larry.
Truth, error, and criminal law : an essay in legal epistemology / Larry Laudan. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law . - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law .
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.
9780521730358 (pbk.) 052173035X (pbk.)
Mistake (Criminal law)
Judicial error--Great Britain
Judicial error--United States
345.05 / LAU
Truth, error, and criminal law : an essay in legal epistemology / Larry Laudan. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law . - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law .
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.
9780521730358 (pbk.) 052173035X (pbk.)
Mistake (Criminal law)
Judicial error--Great Britain
Judicial error--United States
345.05 / LAU