| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Law in context |
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Law in context.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents: summary; Contents; Preface; 1 Evidence and inference: some food for thought; 2 Fact investigation and the nature of evidence; 3 Principles of proof; 4 Methods of analysis; 5 The chart method; 6 Outlines, chronologies, and narrative; 7 Analyzing the decided case: anatomy of a cause célèbre; 8. Evaluating evidence; 9 Probabilities, weight, and probative force; 10 Necessary but dangerous: generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts; 11 The principles of proof and the law of evidence; 12. The trial lawyer's standpoint |
| Summary |
A rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence in litigation. Most chapters have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added |
| Notes |
Previous edition: London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-395) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Evidence (Law)
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Evidence (Law) -- United States
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LAW -- Evidence.
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Evidence (Law)
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Rechtstheorie.
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Rechtsvinding.
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Bewijsrecht.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schum, David A
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Twining, William L
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| ISBN |
0511127782 |
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9780511127786 |
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0511351496 |
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9780511351495 |
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0511127251 |
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9780511127250 |
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9780521673167 |
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052167316X |
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9786610955985 |
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6610955980 |
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9780511610585 |
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0511610580 |
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