Statistical Evidence, Assertions and Responsibility.
The legal system has been ambivalent about naked statistical evidence. Addressing this ambivalence, the article explores the epistemological status of naked statistical evidence and its normative and practical implications. It is suggested that since naked statistical evidence cannot generate knowle...
| Publicado en: | Modern Law Review Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 269 - 293 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2019
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