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Analysis of evidence

A book for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on evidence and proof, and on legal method
eBook, English, 2005
Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005
xxxii, 401 pages : illustrations
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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. Glossary of terms and symbolsReferences; Index
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1991
Electronic reproduction, Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries