Truth, error, and criminal law : an essay in legal epistemology / Larry Laudan.
By: Laudan, Larry.
Series: Cambridge studies in philosophy and law: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: xiii, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521730358 (pbk.); 052173035X (pbk.).Subject(s): Mistake (Criminal law) | Judicial error -- Great Britain | Judicial error -- United StatesDDC classification: 345.05Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
Floor 3, Shelf 8, Side 2, TierNo 3, BayNo 1 |
345.05 LAU (Browse shelf) | 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.