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economics of evidence and proof  

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  • In the Anglo-American common law legal system, the law of evidence regulates the fact-finding phase of the adjudication process, primarily by specifying the content and form of information that a litigant (or anyone else, including a judge) may present to factual decision makers, which is referred to as the “admissibility” question. There is no law of “proof” per se, but there are doctrines that specify burdens of proof in both of two senses. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Evidence and Proof, Economics Of]

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