Burdens of Proof - Discriminatory Power, Weight of Evidence, and Tenacity of Belief

This book explores contemporary thinking on the evidential requirements that are critical for practical decision-making.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Discriminatory power: adjudication as practical reasoning; 3. Keynesian weight and decision-making: being prepared to decide; 4. Keynesian weight in adjudication: the allocation of juridical roles; 5. Tenacity of belief: an idea in search of use; 6. Conclusion.

About the author

Dale A. Nance is the John Homer Kapp Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.

Summary

Written by an internationally renowned scholar, this book explores contemporary thinking on the evidential requirements that are critical for practical decision-making, such as adjudication, requirements on both the aggregate weight of the evidence and the degree to which the evidence favors one hypothesis over another.

Product details

• Authors: Dale A. Nance, Dale A. (Case Western Reserve University Nance, Nance Dale A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781107570481
• ISBN: 978-1-107-57048-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Evidence, Legal aspects of criminology, Criminal Procedure: Law Of Evidence, Criminology: legal aspects