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La Declaración De La Parte Como Medio De Prueba, Felipe Marín Verdugo
La Declaración De La Parte Como Medio De Prueba, Felipe Marín Verdugo
Felipe Marín Verdugo
Chilean Family and Labor procedures went from a written procedure to a hearing-based procedure, but judges are still "thinking" within the written procedure scope. This paper identifies one of the consequences of this approach: they are wrongly excluding parties as witnesses. The paper will argue againt this practice.
Hearings, Mark Spottswood
Hearings, Mark Spottswood
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This article explores a constantly recurring procedural question: When is fact-finding improved by a live hearing, and when would it be better to rely on a written record? Unfortunately, when judges, lawyers, and rulemakers consider this issue, they are led astray by the widely shared—but false—assumption that a judge can best determine issues of credibility by viewing the demeanor of witnesses while they are testifying. In fact, a large body of scientific evidence indicates that judges are more likely to be deceived by lying or mistaken witnesses when observing their testimony in person than if the judges were to review …
Evidentiary Issues In The New York City Housing Court, Gerald Lebovits
Evidentiary Issues In The New York City Housing Court, Gerald Lebovits
Hon. Gerald Lebovits