Analysis of evidence.
A rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence in litigation. Most chapters have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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Edition: | 2nd ed. / |
Series: | Law in context.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents: summary; Contents; Preface; 1 Evidence and inference: some food for thought; 2 Fact investigation and the nature of evidence; 3 Principles of proof; 4 Methods of analysis; 5 The chart method; 6 Outlines, chronologies, and narrative; 7 Analyzing the decided case: anatomy of a cause célèbre; 8. Evaluating evidence; 9 Probabilities, weight, and probative force; 10 Necessary but dangerous: generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts; 11 The principles of proof and the law of evidence; 12. The trial lawyer's standpoint.