According to the evidence : an essay on legal proof

Type

Book

Authors

Abrahams, Gerald

Tags

United Kingdom Famous Trials, Famous Trials, Cases, Evidence, Great Britain, Guilt

Abstract

"This book is more than a collection of causes célèbres. In According to the Evidence a large number of famous cases are cited in such a way as to reveal the real drama of the law; the intellectual conflict in the use of evidence; the difficulties that impede the proving event of things that are reasonably believed to be true. Guilt and evidence of guilt are not by any means synonymous; and truth, though great, does not necessarily prevail. the paramount purpose of criminal justice is to exclude the false. and it is a cardinal principle of English law that it is better to prevent one false conviction than to ensure ten true ones..." - Cover

Description

Contents:
Foreword
Truth and proof
Suspicion and detection
Legal logic, casual links and missing links
The problem of the poisoner
The game and the rules
Some causes and effects
Prosecution or persecution?
The dangers of politics
Law and justice: some injustices
Occasional oppressions
The luck of the game: some fortunate females
Some disputed verdicts
The fence round the prisoner
The judicial and the prejudicial
Duels with counsel
Hard cases
Appendix: the court of criminal appeal
Index

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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