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FREEDOM OF THE COURT TO JUDGE EVIDENCE ON ITS MERITS IN MODERN CRIMINAL LAW - WEST GERMANY

NCJ Number
38060
Author(s)
S KASPER
Date Published
1975
Length
138 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS AND PRACTICES CONCERNING THE PRINCIPLE IN WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL LAW WHEREBY THE JUDGE HAS THE POWER TO EVALUATE EVIDENCE INDEPENDENT OF ANY PROCEDURAL RULES OF EVIDENCE.
Abstract
ANALYZED ARE CONSTRAINTS ON JUDICIAL EVALUATION OF EVIDENCE IN TERMS OF LOGICAL AND EMPIRICAL PRINCIPLES AS WELL AS THE FINDINGS OF MODERN CRIMINALISTICS.