Evidence and Proof in Scotland

Context and Critique

Donald Nicolson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2019
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-1200-1 (ISBN)

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This is the first textbook to set Scots evidence law against a modern backdrop of legal 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.

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.

Donald Nicolson (OBE, BA, LLB, Phd) is Professor in the School of Law and Director of the Essex Law Clinic at the University of Essex. Donald currently teaches jurisprudence and law clinc modules. He has co-authored a book on lawyers’ ethics, co-edited books on affirmative action and criminal law, and published over 40 articles on clinical education, evidence theory, gender and adjudication. In 2011 he was awarded an OBE for his law clinic work.

Preface

1. Introduction: Facts in Law

2. The Theoretical Context: Truth, Reason and Justice

3. The Procedural Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Design

4. The Sociological Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Practices

5. The Scientific Context: Truth, Reason and Expertise

6. The Psychological Context I: Witnesses and Truth

7. The Psychological Context II: Reason, Narrative and Proof

Afterword

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2019
Zusatzinfo	24 black and white tables
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	606 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-4744-1200-9 / 1474412009
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-1200-1 / 9781474412001
Zustand	Neuware