Truth, Error, and Criminal Law: An Essay in Legal Epistemology

by Larry Laudan

Book Overview

This book treats problems in the epistemology of the law. Beginning with the premise that the principal function of a criminal trial is to find out the truth about a crime, Larry Laudan examines the rules of evidence and procedure that would be appropriate if the discovery of the truth were, as higher courts routinely claim, the overriding aim of the criminal justice system. Laudan mounts a systematic critique of existing rules and procedures that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521861667
• ISBN13: 9780521861663
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"