Truth, error, and criminal law an essay in legal epistemology

Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out the truth about a crime, Larry 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 crimi...

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Main Author: Laudan, Larry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy and law
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