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The fate of evidence law: Two paths of development
The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2020Evidence law was famously deemed ‘the child of the jury’, its development widely perceived as a by-product of the jury trial. Conventional wisdom tells us that juries, because of their cognitive and epistemic failings, can hardly be trusted and thus need
Zhuhao Wang
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The explanationist revolution in evidence law
The International Journal of Evidence & Proof, 2019According to Allen and Pardo, the field of evidence law has experienced a revolution -in Kuhn's sense- from probabilism to explanationism, which they identify with the relative plausibility theory.
Amalia Amaya
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Law of Finance: Evidence from Finland [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003 Although it is widely acknowledged that the benefits of corporate governance reform could be substantial, systematic evidence on such reforms is scant. We both document and evaluate a contemporary corporate governance reform by constructing 18 measures of shareholder and creditor protection for Finland for the period 1980–2000. The measures reveal that
Hyytinen, Ari +2 more
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Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans
Animal Welfare, 2022All cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans should be regarded as sentient and protected under UK animal welfare law. This is the headline conclusion of this thoughtful report, that is going to have a profound impact on the way these animals are ...
S. Wickens
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Employment Protection and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from China's Labor Contract Law
Journal of Banking & Finance, 2017Employment protection increases labor adjustment costs and hence the expected costs of financial distress for labor-intensive firms. It follows that these firms are likely to increase their cash holdings to reduce the risk of financial distress when ...
Chenyu Cui +3 more
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Law and Human Behavior, 2020
OBJECTIVE The Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) appointed a subcommittee to update the influential 1998 scientific review paper on guidelines for eyewitness identification ...
G. Wells +5 more
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OBJECTIVE The Executive Committee of the American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41 of the American Psychological Association) appointed a subcommittee to update the influential 1998 scientific review paper on guidelines for eyewitness identification ...
G. Wells +5 more
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Law Trove, 2018
The Modern Law of Evidence is a comprehensive analysis of the law of criminal and civil evidence and the theory behind the law. It identifies all the key issues, emphasizes recent developments and insights from the academic literature, and makes ...
A. Keane, P. McKeown
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The Modern Law of Evidence is a comprehensive analysis of the law of criminal and civil evidence and the theory behind the law. It identifies all the key issues, emphasizes recent developments and insights from the academic literature, and makes ...
A. Keane, P. McKeown
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2003
This paper advances a contextualist approach to empirical legal research, arguing that legal scholars should seek to map behavioral regularities in discrete legal contexts rather than develop a broad theory of legal judgment. The need for this cartographic approach to legal behavior, and the inadequacy of a strictly nomothetic approach, is illustrated ...
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This paper advances a contextualist approach to empirical legal research, arguing that legal scholars should seek to map behavioral regularities in discrete legal contexts rather than develop a broad theory of legal judgment. The need for this cartographic approach to legal behavior, and the inadequacy of a strictly nomothetic approach, is illustrated ...
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