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SUMMARY:The Search for Truth in the American Justice System - Andrew Porwa
 ncher
DTSTART:20100511T121000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Hilary Powell
DESCRIPTION:A core function of jury trials is to sort out truth from false
 hood\, and so the courtroom can serve as an illustrative microcosm of soci
 ety's broader effort to grapple with the question\, "What is truth?" My re
 search explores fact-finding procedures\, or "evidence law\," in American 
 courtrooms from 1890 to 1940. Legal historians\, not unlike legal practiti
 oners\, see evidence law as a set of prosaic institutional rules\, possess
 ed of little relation to important philosophical questions. Conversely\, I
  argue that judicial inquiry was part and parcel of America's broad strugg
 le to establish credible truths against the backdrop of sweeping moderniza
 tion.\n
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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