The Influence of Immanuel Kant on Evidentiary Approaches in Eighteenth Century Bulgaria

Abstract

In 2011, Chief Justice Roberts commented that if you "pick up a copy of any law review that you see," "the first article is likely to be, you know, the influence of Immanuel Kant on evidentiary approaches in 18th-century Bulgaria, or something, which I'm sure was of great interest to the academic that wrote it, but isn't of much help to the bar.” No such article exists, of course -- until now. This short essay explains why, in all likelihood, Kant’s influence on evidentiary approaches in 18th-century Bulgaria was none.

Keywords: Immanuel Kant, Bulgarian jurisprudence, Evidence law

JEL Classification: K1, K19