Truth, Error, and Criminal Law: An Essay in Legal Epistemology

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law Series)

by Larry Laudan

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This book treats problems in the epistemology of the law. 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 criminal justice system. Laudan mounts a systematic critique of existing rules and procedures that...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521861667

ISBN13:9780521861663

Release Date:June 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criminal Law Education & Reference Foreign & International Law Humanities Jurisprudence Law Legal Theory & Systems Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Reference

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