Legal evidence and proof : statistics, stories, logic / edited by Hendrik Kaptein, Henry Prakken, Bart Verheij

Includes bibliographical references and index

Burdens of evidence and proof : why bear them? : a plea for principled opportunism in (leaving) legal fact-finding (alone) / Hendrik Kaptein -- The fabrication of facts : the lure of the incredible coincidence / Ton Derksen and Monica Meijsing -- Decision-making in the forensic arena / Ton Broeders -- Analyzing stories using schemes / Floris Bex -- The evaluation of evidence : differences between legal systems / Marijke Malsch and Ian Freckelton -- Inference to the best legal explanation / Amalia Amaya -- Accepting the truth of a story about the facts of a criminal case / Bart Verheij and Floris Bex -- Rigid anarchic principles of evidence and proof : anomist panaceas against legal pathologies of proceduralism / Hendrik Kaptein -- A logical analysis of burdens of proof / Henry Prakken and Giovanni Sartor -- Twelve angry men or one good woman? : asymmetric relations in evidentiary reasoning / Burkhard Schafer