Evidence and Proof in Scotland : Context and Critique / Donald Nicolson.
2022
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Title
Evidence and Proof in Scotland : Context and Critique / Donald Nicolson.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2019
Description
1 online resource (400 p.) : 24 B/W tables
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Expanded Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Preface
CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Facts in Law
CHAPTER TWO The Theoretical Context: Truth, Reason and Justice
CHAPTER THREE The Procedural Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Design
CHAPTER FOUR The Sociological Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Practices
CHAPTER FIVE The Scientific Context: Truth, Reason and Expertise
CHAPTER SIX The Psychological Context I: Witnesses and Truth
CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychological Context II: Reason, Narrative and Proof
Afterword
Index
Contents
Expanded Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Preface
CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Facts in Law
CHAPTER TWO The Theoretical Context: Truth, Reason and Justice
CHAPTER THREE The Procedural Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Design
CHAPTER FOUR The Sociological Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Practices
CHAPTER FIVE The Scientific Context: Truth, Reason and Expertise
CHAPTER SIX The Psychological Context I: Witnesses and Truth
CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychological Context II: Reason, Narrative and Proof
Afterword
Index
Summary
Why does Scotland have the evidence laws it does? This is the first textbook to set the Scots law of evidence against a modern backdrop of legal thought and empirical research. It examines the non-legal dimensions of evidence and proof through the lens of legal philosophy, procedure, sociology, science and psychology to analyse the contexts that affect the handling of facts and the process of proof in Scotland. Drawing extensively on socio-legal research, the book provides an accurate picture of how fact-finding works in Scotland - giving students the foundation for a complete, critical and contextual understanding of Scots evidence law.Key FeaturesDetailed, discursive and clearly written: designed for use on LLB evidence law courses in Scotland and by postgraduate students and researchers in the socio-legal contexts of the legal processExamines the philosophical, procedural, sociological, scientific and psychological factors that influence the Scots law of evidenceShows how these factors affect the purported aims of legal fact-finding: to ascertain truth and ensure justice through dealing rationally with evidence and proof
Language Note
In English.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9781474412018
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