Evidence and Proof in Scotland : : Context and Critique / / Donald Nicolson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Nicolson, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.) :; 24 B/W tables
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Expanded Table of Contents --; Table of Cases --; Table of Legislation --; Preface --; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Facts in Law --; CHAPTER TWO The Theoretical Context: Truth, Reason and Justice --; CHAPTER THREE The Procedural Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Design --; CHAPTER FOUR The Sociological Context: Truth, Justice and Institutional Practices --; CHAPTER FIVE The Scientific Context: Truth, Reason and Expertise --; CHAPTER SIX The Psychological Context I: Witnesses and Truth --; CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychological Context II: Reason, Narrative and Proof --; Afterword --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474412018; 9783110780420
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474412018
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald Nicolson.

Why does Scotland have the evidence laws it does? This is the first textbook to set the Scots law of evidence against a modern backdrop of legal thought and empirical research. It examines the non-legal dimensions of evidence and proof through the lens of legal philosophy, procedure, sociology, science and psychology to analyse the contexts that affect the handling of facts and the process of proof in Scotland. Drawing extensively on socio-legal research, the book provides an accurate picture of how fact-finding works in Scotland – giving students the foundation for a complete, critical and contextual understanding of Scots evidence law.Key FeaturesDetailed, discursive and clearly written: designed for use on LLB evidence law courses in Scotland and by postgraduate students and researchers in the socio-legal contexts of the legal processExamines the philosophical, procedural, sociological, scientific and psychological factors that influence the Scots law of evidenceShows how these factors affect the purported aims of legal fact-finding: to ascertain truth and ensure justice through dealing rationally with evidence and proof