Reply to the Comments on Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial: Truth, Proof and Rights

Autores/as

  • Sarah Jane Summers University of Zurich

Resumen

This article sets out to reply to the comments by Antony Duff, Sabine Gless, John Jackson and Thomas Weigend on my article «Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial». It begins by examining the various positions of the commentators to the question of the aim(s) of the criminal trial before going on to consider the limits of instrumentalist and proceduralist approaches and to re-examine the right-based conception of trials. It concludes by considering the implications of this account of criminal trials.

Palabras clave

criminal proceedings, criminal evidence, human rights, truth

Citas

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Duff, R.A. (2023). What’s so special about the Criminal Trial? A Comment on Sarah Summers “Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial: Truth, Proof, and Rights”. Quaestio Facti: International Journal of Legal Reasoning, 5, pp. 159-168.

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Gless, S. (2023). Could Robot Judges Believe? Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial as we Approach the Digital Age. A Comment on Sarah Summers “Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trials: Truth, Proof, and Rights”. Quaestio Facti: International Journal of Legal Reasoning, 5, pp. 169-179.

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Jackson, J.D. (2023). Truth, Proof, Rights and the Rule of Law in Criminal Adjudication. A Comment on Sarah Summers “Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trials: Truth, Proof, and Rights”. Quaestio Facti: International Journal of Legal Reasoning, 5, pp. 181-188.

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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: International Journal of Legal Reasoning, 5, pp. 189-199

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Law & Jurisprudence

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i6.22992

Publicado

2024-01-31

Cómo citar

Summers, S. J. (2024). Reply to the Comments on Epistemic Ambitions of the Criminal Trial: Truth, Proof and Rights . Quaestio Facti. Revista Internacional Sobre Razonamiento Probatorio, (6), 237–247. https://doi.org/10.33115/udg_bib/qf.i6.22992