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Searching For Truth In The American Law Of Evidence And Proof, D. Michael Risinger
Searching For Truth In The American Law Of Evidence And Proof, D. Michael Risinger
Georgia Law Review
The ideology of the trial process puts discovery of truth
at center stage. This is made clear by the language of
Federal Rule of Evidence 102, upon which New Georgia
Rule of Evidence 24-1-1 is obviously based. Both of these
rules make the ascertainment of truth one of the two goals
of the trial (just determination being the other). However,
the term "truth" has been used in many ways in many
different contexts and traditions. What notion of truth did
the drafters have in mind?
This Article answers that question by reference to what
has come to be known as …