Analysis of EvidenceThis extensively revised second edition is a rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence at all stages of litigation. It covers the principles underlying the logic of proof; the uses and dangers of story-telling; standards for decision and the relationship between probabilities and proof; the chart method and other methods of analyzing and ordering evidence in fact-investigation, in preparing for trial, and in connection with other important decisions in legal processes and in criminal investigation and intelligence analysis. Most of the chapters in this new edition have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added. Designed as a flexible tool for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on evidence and proof, students, practitioners and teachers alike will find this book challenging but rewarding. |
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Contents
some food for thought | 1 |
2 Fact investigation and the nature of evidence | 46 |
3 Principles of proof | 78 |
4 Methods of analysis | 112 |
5 The chart method | 123 |
6 Outlines chronologies and narrative | 145 |
anatomy of a cause célèbre | 159 |
8 Evaluating evidence | 224 |
9 Probabilities weight and probative force | 246 |
generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts | 262 |
11 The principles of proof and the law of evidence | 289 |
12 The trial lawyers standpoint | 315 |
Glossary of terms and symbols | 379 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Analysis of Evidence Law in Context |
| Authors | Terence Anderson, David Schum, William Twining |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 113944526X, 9781139445269 |
| Length | 401 pages |
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