TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,Terence AU - Twining,William AU - Wigmore,John Henry TI - Analysis of evidence T2 - Law in context SN - 9780521673167 AV - KF8935 .A84 U1 - 349.77306 AND PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Evidence (Law) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching KW - Preuve (Droit) KW - États-Unis KW - Étude et enseignement KW - 86.03 theory and methodology of law KW - bcl KW - Preuves KW - eclas KW - Procédure judiciaire KW - fast KW - Educational tools (form) KW - gtt N1 - Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1991; Evidence and inference : some food for thought -- Fact investigation and the nature of evidence -- Principles of proof -- Methods of analysis -- The chart method -- Outlines, chronologies, and narrative -- Analyzing the decided case : anatomy of a cause c�el�ebre -- Evaluating evidence -- Probabilities, weight, and probative force -- Necessary but dangerous : generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts -- The principles of proof and the law of evidence -- The trial lawyer's standpoint N2 - This extensively revised second edition is a rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence at all stages of litigation. It covers the principles underlying the logic of proof; the uses and dangers of story-telling; standards for decision and the relationship between probabilities and proof; the chart method and other methods of analyzing and ordering evidence in fact-investigation, in preparing for trial, and in connection with other important decisions in legal processes and in criminal investigation and intelligence analysis. Most of the chapters in this new edition have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added. Designed as a flexible tool for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on evidence and proof, students, practitioners and teachers alike will find this book challenging but rewarding UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2006273705-t.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2006273705-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0632/2006273705-d.html ER -