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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anderson, Terence
Other Authors: Schum, David A., Twining, William L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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.