Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgement

Chienkuo Mi; Shane Ryan

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-9639-1_7

Law and Epistemology: An Account of Judgement

Chienkuo Mi^*, Shane Ryan

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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. © China University of Political Science and Law Press 2021.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Facts and Evidence
Subtitle of host publication	A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Law
Editors	Baosheng Zhang, Shijun Tong, Jing Cao, Chuanming Fan
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	73-78
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811596391
ISBN (Print)	9789811596384, 9789811596414
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9639-1_7
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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