TY - BOOK AU - Laudan,Larry TI - Truth, error, and criminal law: an essay in legal epistemology T2 - Cambridge studies in philosophy and law SN - 9780521730358 (pbk.) U1 - 345.05 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Mistake (Criminal law) KW - Judicial error KW - Great Britain KW - United States N1 - 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 ER -