(Download free ebook) Truth, Error, and Criminal Law: An Essay in Legal Epistemology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law)
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| #1111665 in Books | Cambridge University Press | 2008-04-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.98 x.59 x5.98l,.80 | File Name: 052173035X | 256 pages |
||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Truth, Justice, and the American Way?|By George R Dekle|The Supreme Court, in Nix v. Whiteside, 374 U.S. 157, 158 (1986), solemnly intoned that "The very nature of a [criminal] trial [is] a search for truth," and this sentiment has been echoed by lower courts. For example, both People v. Santorelli, 5 N.Y.2d 412, 420-421, 41 N.E.2d 493, 497 (N.Y. 2000), and Floyd v. State, 902||'Laudan has written an estimable book, one that deserves a wide audience. His arguments are of consistently high calibre and his conclusions are provocative.' Criminal Law and Philosophy|About the Author|Larry Laudan is P
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 are obstacles to that ...
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