Standard of Proof in UK Law
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The civil standard of proof—what is it, actually?
Unlike common law, Continental European civil law does not strictly distinguish between the standards of proof applicable in civil and criminal matters, respectively. In civil law countries such as...
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Civil liability and the 50%+ standard of proof
The standard of proof applied in civil trials is the preponderance of evidence, often said to be met when a proposition is shown to be more than 50% likely to be true. A number of theorists have ar...
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The Standard of Proof in Civil Cases: An Insurance Fraud Perspective
This article discusses the burden and standard of proof as they apply to cases of insurance fraud, and notes some important historical developments in the law. The tremendous importance of the exac...
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Re-Imagining the Criminal Standard of Proof: Lessons from the ‘Ethics of Belief’
On a standard view, the criminal standard of ‘proof beyond reasonable doubt’ is a statement of probabilities, the pre-set benchmark of evidential support that must be crossed before a contested hyp...
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A comparison between the standard of proof applicable in arbitration and formal adjudication
This article aims to describe the application of the standard of proof in arbitration and to question whether the standard to be applied should be the same as or lower than in ordinary civil justic...
- The beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof: Juror understanding and reform
- The beyond a reasonable doubt standard of proof: Juror understanding and reform
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Killing Kaplanism: Flawed methodologies, the standard of proof and modernity
Attempts to establish a quantitative framework for policy-making in the criminal justice system in recent decades have coalesced around the problem of the standard of proof and Kaplan’s influential...
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The Standard of Proof in Criminal Proceedings: the Threshold to Prove Guilt under Ethiopian Law
The standard of proof plays a vital role in the process of administration of justice. In criminal proceedings, the standard stipulates the degree to which the party who has the burden of proof need...
- Strange Bedfellows: Inference to the Best Explanation and the Criminal Standard of Proof
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