Evidence of the Law: Proving Legal Claims

by Gary Lawson

How does one prove the law? If your neighbor breaks your window, the law regulates how you can show your claim to be true or false; but how do you prove that in breaking your window your neighbor has broken the law? American jurisprudence devotes an elaborate body of doctrine--and an equally elaborate body of accompanying scholarly commentary--to worrying about how to prove facts. It establishes rules for the admissibility of evidence, creates varying...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022643205X
• ISBN13: 9780226432052
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"