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The Verdict of the Court
Jenny McEwan
其他書名
Passing Judgment in Law and Psychology
出版Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003-10-02
主題Law / Criminal ProcedureLaw / Criminal Law / General
ISBN18473108859781847310880
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=7KnbBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Courts are constantly required to know how people think. They may have to decide what a specific person was thinking on a past occasion; how others would have reacted to a particular situation; or whether a witness is telling the truth. Be they judges,jurors or magistrates, the law demands they penetrate human consciousness. This book questions whether the `arm-chair psychology' operated by fact-finders, and indeed the law itself, in its treatment of the fact-finders, bears any resemblance to the knowledge derived from psychological research. Comparing psychological theory with court verdicts in both civil and criminal contexts, it assesses where the separation between law and science is most acute, and most dangerous.