Truth, Error, and Criminal Law Hardback: An Essay in Legal Epistemology (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law) - Hardcover

Laudan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521861667 ISBN 13: 9780521861663

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out the truth, 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.

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Críticas:

'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

Biografía del autor:

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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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521861667
• ISBN 13: 9780521861663
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256