The social epistemology of legal trials
Introduction / Zachary Hoskins and Jon Robson -- Credibility deficits, memory errors, and the criminal trial / Kathy Puddifoot -- Eyewitness testimony, the misinformation effect, and reasonable doubt / Christopher Bennett -- On testifying and giving evidence / Stephen Wright -- Explaining the justif...
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New York, NY, London
Routledge
2021
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge studies in epistemology
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction / Zachary Hoskins and Jon Robson -- Credibility deficits, memory errors, and the criminal trial / Kathy Puddifoot -- Eyewitness testimony, the misinformation effect, and reasonable doubt / Christopher Bennett -- On testifying and giving evidence / Stephen Wright -- Explaining the justificatory asymmetry between statistical and individualized evidence / Renèe Jorgensen Bolinger -- Character, "propensities", and the (mis)use of statistics in criminal trials / R. A. Duff and S.E. Marshall -- Against legal probabilism / Martin Smith -- Justified belief and just conviction / Clayton Littlejohn -- The "she said, he said" paradox and the proof paradox / Georgi Gardiner -- Against the odds : the case for a modal understanding of due / Care Jeffrey Helmreich and Duncan Pritchard -- Criminal trials for preventive deprivations of liberty / Hadassa Noorda. "This collection is the first book-length examination of the various epistemological issues underlying legal trials. Trials are, among other things, centrally concerned with determining truth: whether a criminal defendant has in fact culpably committed the act of which they are accused, or whether a civil defendant is in fact responsible for the damages alleged by the plaintiff. But are trials truth-conducive? Assessing the value of trials as truth-seeking endeavors requires that we consider a host of underlying social epistemological questions. The contributors to this volume address a number of these pressing questions, including but not limited to the following: How much credence should they give to eyewitness testimony? How should we balance the relative epistemic value of testimony offered by defense witnesses and prosecution (or plaintiff) witnesses? Are juries an effective means of arriving at justified beliefs about a defendant's guilt or innocence? When, if ever, is statistical information about a defendant's character relevant? What degree of certainty should we require to support a verdict of 'guilty'? How should standards of proof be interpreted for allegations that contain numerous discrete components? The Social Epistemology of Legal Trials will be of interest to scholars and upper-level students working on issues at the intersection of epistemology and philosophy of law"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 177 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780367245535 978-0-367-24553-5 9780367704049 978-0-367-70404-9 9780429283123 |