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Twining, William Lawrence was born on September 22, 1934 in Kampala, Uganda. Son of Edward Francis and Helen Mary (Dubuisson) Twining.
(Evidence, proof and probabilities, rationality, scepticis...)
Evidence, proof and probabilities, rationality, scepticism and narrative in legal discourse, and the reform of criminal evidence have all been the subject of lively debates in recent years. This book brings together seminal and new essays from a leading contributor to this new evidence scholarship. "Rethinking evidence" contains a series of linked essays which consider historical, theoretical and applied themes from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. It brings together well-known papers and also includes substantial new essays on the nature and scope of the law of evidence, lawyers' stories, and the case of Edith Thompson. The final chapter outlines a general perspective on the processing and uses of information in litigation as the basis for a broad interdisciplinary approach to the study of evidence in law. These readable and provocative essays represent a major contribution not only to legal theory but also to the general study of discourse about evidence in many disciplines.
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("An exploration of the intellectual background to many of...)
"An exploration of the intellectual background to many of the debates concerning evidence, inference and probability."
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This extensively revised second edition covers the basic concepts and principles underlying the logic of proof; the uses and dangers of story-telling; probabilities and proof; the chart method and other methods of analyzing and ordering evidence. They are utilized in fact-investigation, preparing for trial, and in connection with other important decisions in legal processes and criminal investigation and intelligence analysis. Most of the chapters in the new edition have been rewritten; the treatment of fact investigation, probabilities and narrative has been extended; and new examples and exercises have been added.
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The Law of Evidence has traditionally been perceived as a dry, highly technical, and mysterious subject. This book argues that problems of evidence in law are closely related to the handling of evidence in other kinds of practical decision-making and other academic disciplines, that it is closely related to common sense and that it is an interesting, lively and accessible subject. These essays develop a readable, coherent historical and theoretical perspective about problems of proof, evidence, and inferential reasoning in law. Although each essay is self-standing, they are woven together to present a sustained argument for a broad inter-disciplinary approach to evidence in litigation, in which the rules of evidence play a subordinate, though significant, role. This revised and enlarged edition includes a revised introduction, the best-known essays in the first edition, and chapters on narrative and argumentation, teaching evidence, and evidence as a multi-disciplinary subject.
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This collection treats the academic discipline of law as an enterprise that includes not only education, but also scholarship, theorizing, and the production of literature. The essays offer a coherent exploration of the study of law and a radical reappraisal of the role, culture, and practices of law schools.
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First published in 1973, Karl Llewellyn and the Realist Movement is recognized as a classic account of American Legal Realism and its leading figure. Karl Llewellyn is the best known and most substantial jurist of the variegated group of lawyers known as the American Realists. A man of wide interests and colorful character, he made important contributions to legal theory, legal sociology, commercial law, contract law, civil liberties law, and legal education. This intellectual biography sets Llewellyn in the broad context of the rise of the American Realist Movement and contains a brief overview of Llewellyn's life and character before focusing attention on his most important works, including The Cheyenne Way, The Bramble Bush, The Common Law Tradition, the Uniform Commercial Code, and some significant manuscripts. In this second edition the original text is unchanged and is supplemented with a preface by Frederick Schauer and a lengthy afterword in which William Twining gives a fascinating personal account of the making of the book and comments on developments in relevant legal scholarship over the past forty years.
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Twining, William Lawrence was born on September 22, 1934 in Kampala, Uganda. Son of Edward Francis and Helen Mary (Dubuisson) Twining.
Bachelor, Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1960. Data Control Language, 1990. Juris Doctor, University Chicago, 1958.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Victoria, Canada, 1980. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Edinburgh, 1994. Doctor of Laws (honorary), The Queen's University, Belfast, 1999.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Nottingham Trent University, 2000. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Southampton Institute, 2000. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Queen's Counsel, 2002.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), York University, Toronto, 2002.
Lecturer in law, University Khartoum, Sudan, 1958-1961;
senior lecturer in law, University College, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, 1961-1965;
professor jurisprudence, The Queen's U., Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1966-1972;
professor of law, University Warwick, Coventry, England, 1972-1982;
Quain professor jurisprudence, U. College, London, 1983-1996;
professor research, U. College, London, since 1996. President Society Public Teachers, 1978-1979. Press United Kingdom Association for Legal and SocialPhilosophy, 1980-1983.
Chairman Commonwealth Legal Education Association, 1983-1993. Chairman Bentham Committee, London, since 1983.
(This extensively revised second edition covers the basic ...)
(Evidence, proof and probabilities, rationality, scepticis...)
(This collection treats the academic discipline of law as ...)
(First published in 1973, Karl Llewellyn and the Realist M...)
("An exploration of the intellectual background to many of...)
(The Law of Evidence has traditionally been perceived as a...)
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Member American Academy Arts & Sciences (foreign honorary).
Married Penelope Elizabeth Wall Morris, August 31, 1957. Children: Karen Evelyn, Peter.