Truth, Error, and Criminal Law by Larry Laudan

Truth, Error, and Criminal Law by Larry Laudan

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 are obstacles to that quest. He also examines issues of error distribution by offering the first integrated analysis of the various mechanisms - the standard of proof, the benefit of the doubt, the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof - for implementing society's view about the relative importance of the errors that can occur in a trial.

'Laudan has written an estimable book, one that deserves a wide audienceHis arguments are of consistently high calibre and his conclusions are provocative.' Criminal Law and Philosophy

Larry Laudan is Principal Investigator at the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosoficas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and president-elect of the Peirce Society. He is the author of many books, most recently Beyond Positisms and Relativism, and The Book of Risks.

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ISBN 13	9780521730358
ISBN 10	052173035X
Titel	Truth, Error, and Criminal Law
Autor	Larry Laudan
Serie	Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2008-04-28
Seitenanzahl	256
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