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EAN : 9782707195944
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DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
TRUTH IN COURT

Collection : Cahiers libres
Release date : 24/05/2017
The result of 15 years immersion in French courthouses, this work provides an ethnographic approach to the criminal court and draws a parallel between the way it seeks to establish the truth and the processes of laboratory research. The president formulates hypotheses based on the observation of facts and presents... The result of 15 years immersion in French courthouses, this work provides an ethnographic approach to the criminal court and draws a parallel between the way it seeks to establish the truth and the processes of laboratory research. The president formulates hypotheses based on the observation of facts and presents them for discussion in order to assess their validity.
 The author shows how the criminal court’s approach produces a truth that has been built up collectively as opposed to that of the American justice system the aim of which is to name a winner and a loser through a confrontation between lawyers. This comparison demonstrates the sense of the French model: a joint project where all parties contribute to a gradual search for the truth.

 
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EAN : 9782707195944
Shaping : EPUB2
DRM : Watermark (Tatouage numérique)
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