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Legal proof and statistical conjunctions [PDF]
Philosophical Studies, 2020 AbstractA question, long discussed by legal scholars, has recently provoked a considerable amount of philosophical attention: ‘Is it ever appropriate to base a legal verdict on statistical evidence alone?’ Many philosophers who have considered this question reject legal reliance on bare statistics, even when the odds of error are extremely low.
Lewis Ross
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The sensitivity of legal proof
SynthÈseAbstractThe proof paradox results from conflicting intuitions concerning different types of fallible evidence in a court of law. We accept fallible individual evidence but reject fallible statistical evidence even when the conditional probability that the defendant is guilty given the evidence is the same, a seeming inconsistency.
Guido Melchior, Melchior Guido
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Philosophical Issues, 2021
When facts are proven within the formal process of legal proof, in virtue of what are they proven? This deceptively simple question is both a matter of enormous practical importance and a matter of intense, ongoing dispute within evidence scholarship.
Michael S. Pardo
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When facts are proven within the formal process of legal proof, in virtue of what are they proven? This deceptively simple question is both a matter of enormous practical importance and a matter of intense, ongoing dispute within evidence scholarship.
Michael S. Pardo
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Pragmatic encroachment and legal proof
Philosophical Issues, 2021This paper uses some modest claims about knowledge to identify a significant problem for contemporary American trial procedure. First, suppose that legal proof requires knowledge. In particular, suppose that the defendant in a jury trial is proven guilty
S. Moss
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Legal stories and the process of proof [PDF]
Artificial Intelligence and Law, 2012 In this paper, we continue our research on a hybrid narrative-argumentative approach to evidential reasoning in the law by showing the interaction between factual reasoning (providing a proof for 'what happened' in a case) and legal reasoning (making a decision based on the proof).
Floris Bex, Bart Verheij, Bex Floris
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Language modeling for legal proof
2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Engineering, 2010In common law jurisdictions, the notion of proof beyond a reasonable doubt is frequently related to notions such as the belief or certainty of a judge or a juror about reality. The notion of balance of probabilities is however related to likelihood or probability.
Le Cheng, Winnie Cheng
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Journal of Education, 1935
Awarded Third Prize in the Journal of Education's Second Annual Short Story ...
M. Muldoon
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Awarded Third Prize in the Journal of Education's Second Annual Short Story ...
M. Muldoon
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Criminal courts make decisions that can remove the liberty and even life of those accused. Civil trials can cause the bankruptcy of companies employing thousands of people, asylum seekers being deported, or children being placed into state care. Selecting the right standards when deciding legal cases is of utmost importance in giving those affected a ...
Lewis Ross
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Lewis Ross
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