Analysis of evidence.

Anderson, Terence. (Author). Schum, David A. (Added Author). Twining, William L. (Added Author).

Summary: A rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence in litigation. Most chapters have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added.

Record details

ISBN: 0511610580
ISBN: 9780511610585
ISBN: 6610955980
ISBN: 9786610955985
ISBN: 052167316X
ISBN: 9780521673167
ISBN: 9780511127250
ISBN: 0511127251
ISBN: 9780511351495
ISBN: 0511351496
ISBN: 9780511127786
ISBN: 0511127782
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxii, 401 pages) : illustrations
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Edition: 2nd ed. /
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition: London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1991.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-395) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents: summary; Contents; Preface; 1 Evidence and inference: some food for thought; 2 Fact investigation and the nature of evidence; 3 Principles of proof; 4 Methods of analysis; 5 The chart method; 6 Outlines, chronologies, and narrative; 7 Analyzing the decided case: anatomy of a cause célèbre; 8. Evaluating evidence; 9 Probabilities, weight, and probative force; 10 Necessary but dangerous: generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts; 11 The principles of proof and the law of evidence; 12. The trial lawyer's standpoint.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.