Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?

This article reviews the state of evidence scholarship in the early 21st century and argues that it has been enriched by drawing upon a range of different disciplines including social psychology,cognitive science, forensic psychology, mathematics, linguistics and economics. It argues for the relevan...

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Main Author: Jackson, John
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Published: Quinnipiac University School of Law 2003
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2078/
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description This article reviews the state of evidence scholarship in the early 21st century and argues that it has been enriched by drawing upon a range of different disciplines including social psychology,cognitive science, forensic psychology, mathematics, linguistics and economics. It argues for the relevance of sociological, historical and comparative approaches as a useful corrective aganst the dominant optimism of the rationalist tradition of evidence scholarship.
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spelling nottingham-20782020-05-04T20:32:04Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2078/ Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden? Jackson, John This article reviews the state of evidence scholarship in the early 21st century and argues that it has been enriched by drawing upon a range of different disciplines including social psychology,cognitive science, forensic psychology, mathematics, linguistics and economics. It argues for the relevance of sociological, historical and comparative approaches as a useful corrective aganst the dominant optimism of the rationalist tradition of evidence scholarship. Quinnipiac University School of Law 2003 Article PeerReviewed Jackson, John (2003) Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden? Quinnipiac Law Review, 21 (4). pp. 893-906. ISSN 1073-8606
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Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title_full Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title_fullStr Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title_full_unstemmed Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title_short Modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
title_sort modern trends in evidence scholarship: is all rosy in the garden?
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2078/