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Evidence matters :

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1107039967 (hardback)

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1107698340 (paperback)

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9781107039964 (hardback)

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9781107698345 (paperback)

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Evidence matters :

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[Book]

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science, proof, and truth in the law /

First Statement of Responsibility

Susan Haack, University of Miami

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xxvi, 416 pages ;

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24 cm

Series Title

Law in context series

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Includes glossary (pages 381-390)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index

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"Is truth in the law just plain truth - or something sui generis? Is a trial a search for truth? Do adversarial procedures and exclusionary rules of evidence enable, or impede, the accurate determination of factual issues? Can degrees of proof be identified with mathematical probabilities? What role can statistical evidence properly play? How can courts best handle the scientific testimony on which cases sometimes turn? How are they to distinguish reliable scientific testimony from unreliable hokum? The dozen interdisciplinary essays collected here explore a whole nexus of such questions about science, proof, and truth in the law. With her characteristic clarity and verve, in these essays Haack brings her original and distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues. She includes detailed analyses of a wide variety of cases and lucid summaries of relevant scientific work, of the many roles of the scientific peer-review system, and of relevant legal developments"--

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Evidence (Law)

Law-- Philosophy

Science and law

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Haack, Susan

Date of Transaction

20150105132129.0

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