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.-
Natural Law in Jurisprudence and Politics
-
Permissible Killing
-
Risks and Wrongs
-
Punishment, Compensation, and Law
-
Constitutionalism
-
The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law
-
Consent to Sexual Relations
-
Objectivity in Law and Morals
-
A Common Law Theory of Judicial Review
-
Norms in a Wired World
-
In Harm's Way
-
Judging in Good Faith
-
The Path of the Law and its Influence
-
Three Anarchical Fallacies
-
Common Law Theory
-
Natural Law and Practical Rationality
-
Justification Defenses and Just Convictions
-
Moral Combat
-
Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
-
Philosophy and the Criminal Law
-
Automatism, Insanity, and the Psychology of Criminal Responsibility
-
Liability and Responsibility
-
The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency
-
Philosophy and the Law of Torts
-
The Ethics of Deference
-
New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property
-
Equality, Responsibility, and the Law
-
Complicity
-
Responsibility and Control
-
Beyond Comparison
-
Crimes against Humanity
'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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521861663 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521861667 |
| Title | Truth, Error, and Criminal Law |
| Author | Larry Laudan |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Philosophy And Law |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |