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The Metamorphoses Of Reasonable Doubt: How Changes In The Burden Of Proof Have Weakened The Presumption Of Innocence, Steve Sheppard
The Metamorphoses Of Reasonable Doubt: How Changes In The Burden Of Proof Have Weakened The Presumption Of Innocence, Steve Sheppard
Steve Sheppard
The standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt is commonly thought to be an important benefit to the accused. The history of the standard is much more complex and demonstrates lesser commitments to the truth and to the defendant.
This article develops the history of the reasonable doubt instruction in the United States and its English antecedents. Examining the development of the instruction in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and its evolution through the nineteenth and twentieth, this history reveals the dual nature of the instruction. It both encapsulated a theory of knowledge and articulated a level of confidence in …
Rethinking Fairness: Principled Legal Realism And Federal Jurisdiction, Aviam Soifer
Rethinking Fairness: Principled Legal Realism And Federal Jurisdiction, Aviam Soifer
NYLS Law Review
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Can Our Current Conception Of Copyright Law Survive The Internet Age?, Edward Samuels
Can Our Current Conception Of Copyright Law Survive The Internet Age?, Edward Samuels
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.
Jon Newman’S Theory Of Disparagement And The First Amendment In The Administrative State, Edward L. Rubin
Jon Newman’S Theory Of Disparagement And The First Amendment In The Administrative State, Edward L. Rubin
NYLS Law Review
No abstract provided.