Terence Anderson (University of Miami), David Schum (Virginia George Mason University), William Twining (University College London)

Analysis of Evidence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Law in Context
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9780521673167
• ISBN-10: 052167316X
• Artikelnr.: 21579537

Autorenporträt

Terence Anderson is Professor of Law at the University of Miami. He is an experienced litigator and teacher of courses on methods of analysis, evidence, and trial practice. His writings include articles developing and illustrating topics covered in the book.

Inhaltsangabe

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. Analysing 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.