Evidential Legal Reasoning

A global overview of evidentiary reasoning with contributions from leading authorities from different legal traditions and four continents.

The book is for everyone interested in evidentiary reasoning, including lawyers, judges, academics, prosecutors, etc. It offers a global image on evidence and proof, with an overview of topics, legal systems of reference and leading authors from different legal traditions and four continents.This book offers a transnational perspective of evidentiary problems, drawing on insights from different systems and legal traditions. It avoids the isolated manner of analyzing evidence and proof within each Common Law and Civil Law tradition. Instead, it features contributions from leading authors in the evidentiary field from a variety of jurisdictions and offers an overview of essential topics that are of both theoretical and practical interest. The collection examines evidence not only as a transnational field, but in a cross-disciplinary context. Each chapter engages with the interdisciplinary themes cutting through the issues discussed, benefiting from the expertise and experience of their diverse authors.