| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Judicial error -- Great Britain.
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Judicial error. |
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Great Britain. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Great Britain.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Judicial error -- United States.
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United States. |
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy.
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Criminal law -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Criminal law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Laudan, Larry. Truth, error, and criminal law. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521861667 9780521861663 (DLC) 2005027573 (OCoLC)61864082 |
| ISBN |
9780511226403 (electronic book) |
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0511226403 (electronic book) |
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0511225830 (electronic book) |
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9780511224546 |
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0511224540 |
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9780511225833 (electronic book) |
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9780511617515 (electronic book) |
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0511617518 (electronic book) |
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9780511225215 |
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0511225210 |
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9786610541447 |
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6610541442 |
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0521861667 (Cloth) |
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0511224540 |
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9780521861663 |
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9780521730358 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9780521861663 |
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