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

Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out the truth, Laudan examines the rules of evidence and procedure that would be appropriate if the discovery of the truth were, as higher courts routinely claim, the overriding aim of the criminal justice system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Laudan, Larry
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Colección:Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.
Temas:
Judicial error > Great Britain.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Great Britain.
Judicial error > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Criminal law > Philosophy.
Erreur judiciaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Justice pénale > Administration > Grande-Bretagne.
Erreur judiciaire > États-Unis.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
Droit pénal > Philosophie.
LAW > Criminal Procedure.
Criminal justice, Administration of
Criminal law > Philosophy
Judicial error
Rechtsvinding.
Waarheid.
Fouten.
Strafrecht.
Bewijsrecht.
Great Britain
United States
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thinking about error in the law
  • The unraveling of reasonable doubt
  • Fixing the standard of proof
  • Innocence, the burden of proof, and the puzzle of affirmative defenses
  • Evaluating evidence and procedures
  • Silent defendants, silent witnesses, and lobotomized jurors
  • Confessions, poison fruit, and other exclusions
  • Double jeopardy and false acquittals : letting felons and judges off the hook?
  • Dubious motives for flawed rules : the clash between values.

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