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Truth, error, and criminal law : an essay in legal epistemology
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- Creator
- Larry Laudan
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780521861663, 0521861667
- OCLC
- ocm61864082
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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