Accuracy and fairness – Siamese twins?

A Comment on Sarah Summers «Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial: Truth, Proof and Rights»

Autores/as

  • Thomas Weigend University of Cologne (Germany)

Resumen

The author agrees with Sarah Summers’ view that a criminal judgment in a system of fair justice should be substantively accurate and at the same time should be the result of a fair process. The author argues, however, for keeping these two requirements apart because they are linked to different goals and may in individual cases conflict with each other.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i5.22844

Publicado

2023-06-16

Cómo citar

Weigend, T. (2023). Accuracy and fairness – Siamese twins? A Comment on Sarah Summers «Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial: Truth, Proof and Rights». Quaestio Facti. Revista Internacional Sobre Razonamiento Probatorio, (5), 189–199. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i5.22844