| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 378 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This is the first textbook to set Scots evidence law against a modern backdrop of legal and empirical research. It examines the non-legal dimensions of evidence and proof through the lens of legal philosophy, procedure, sociology, science and psychology to analyse the contexts that affect the handling of facts and the process of proof.-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| Contents |
Introduction : facts in law -- The theoretical context : truth, reason and justice -- The procedural context : truth, justice and institutional design -- The sociological context : truth, justice and institutional practices -- The scientific context : truth, reason and expertise -- The psychological context I : witnesses and truth -- The psychological context II : reason, narrative and proof. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evidence (Law) -- Scotland.
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Evidence (Law) |
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Scotland. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nicolson, Donald. Evidence and proof in Scotland. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019] 9781474411998 (DLC) 2019452293 (OCoLC)1039935204 |
| ISBN |
9781474412018 (electronic book) |
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1474412017 (electronic book) |
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9781474411998 |
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1474411991 |
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9781474412001 |
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1474412009 |
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