Foundations of Evidence Law
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 27, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780198257363
Subjects: Courts & procedure; English legal system: law of evidence; United States; Evidence (Law); Law; Legal Reference / Law Profession; British Isles; USA; Criminal Law - General; Evidence; Law / Criminal Law; England
Description: Alex Stein examines the underlying theory of evidence in Anglo-American legal systems. Combining probability theory epistemology, economic analysis and moral philosophy, he argues that the fundamental purpose of evidence law is to apportion the risk of error in conditions of uncertainty.