Lord Nicholls on the likelihood of crimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10810336 |
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| Authors | Andreas Kapsner (0000-0002-6494-1876, Munich School of Philosophy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 200 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Synthese (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11229-022-03918-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4307203879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In the decision to the British appeals case Re H (Minors), Judge Lord Nicholls, talking about criminal behavior, stated that “that the more serious the allegation the less likely it is that the event occurred”. There is actually quite a bit of discussion about the conclusions that should be drawn from this observation in the literature, but I have not found much discussion of the question whether the observation is right . I find this surprising, and in this essay I want to inspect this question
Allegation · Criminology · Epistemology · Event (particle physics) · Metaphysics · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Political science · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems · Legal principles and applications · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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