Evidence, Proof, and Facts

Evidence, Proof, and Facts
Author: Peter Murphy
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages: 602
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780199261956


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While the law of evidence has dominated jurisprudential treatment of the subject, evidence is in truth a multi-disciplinary subject. This book is a collection of materials concerned not only with the law of evidence, but also with the logical and rhetorical aspects of proof; the epistemology of evidence as a basis for the proof of disputed facts; and scientific aspects of the subject. The editor raises issues such as the philosophical basis for the use of evidence; whether courtroom proof is essentially mathematical or non-mathematical; and the use of different theories of probability in legal reasoning.