Intellectual History, Probability, and the Law of Evidence

Tillers, Peter

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Intellectual History, Probability, and the Law of Evidence

Peter Tillers

Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Michigan Law Review, Vol. 91, p. 1465, 1993

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This review essay discusses the relationship between the intellectual history of the reasonable doubt standard and the question of current function of the reasonable doubt standard.

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Keywords: evidence, standard of proof, burden of proof, beyond a reasonable doubt, criminal procedure, proof in criminal trials, intellectual history and legal evidence, probability and evidence, probability and proof

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Date posted: April 25, 2006 ; Last revised: September 23, 2008

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Tillers, Peter, Intellectual History, Probability, and the Law of Evidence. Michigan Law Review, Vol. 91, p. 1465, 1993. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=898741

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