Law and epistemology: An account of judgement
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-2021
Abstract
Three key components of a legal case are evidence, fact and judgement. In a well conducted judgement there will be an appropriate relation between these three components. Epistemologists investigating the nature of knowledge have been concerned with an analogous three components and their relation. More specifically, epistemologists have been concerned with justification, truth, and belief and how these three components need to be related if there is to be knowledge. Given the analogy, the research of epistemologists plausibly has insights to offer to legal theorists. In fact, as we shall see, what epistemology have to offer legal theory actually goes beyond this as well.
Keywords
evidence, fact, judgement, justification, truth, belief, knowledge, legal theory, epistemologists
Discipline
Epistemology
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Facts and evidence
Editor
ZHANG, Baosheng; TONG, Shijun; CAO, Jing; FAN, Chuanming
First Page
73
Last Page
78
ISBN
978-981-15-9638-4
Identifier
10.1007/978-981-15-9639-1_7
Publisher
Springer, Singapore
Citation
MI, Chienkuo, & RYAN, Shane. (2021). Law and epistemology: An account of judgement. In Facts and evidence (pp. 73-78). : Springer, Singapore.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3714
Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9639-1_7