Proof & truth : the humanist as expert /
Lawyers, historians, anthropologists and literary scholars draw heavily on the concepts of 'evidence', 'proof' and 'truth' but these crucial terms generally carry distinct and incommensurate meanings for each discipline or professional practice. The consequences of thes...
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Canberra :
The Australian Academy of the Humanities,
2003.
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| Series: | Occasional paper (Australian Academy of the Humanities) ;
no. 24. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Ian McCalman and Ann McGrath. Part One: The Humanities and the Law. Conflicting imperatives: pursuing truth in the courts / Hal Wootten
- History in the witness stand: interrogating the past / Graeme Davison. Part Two: History on Trial. Historians in court / Mark Dreyfus
- Evidence and narrative: history and law / Ann Curthoys and Ann Genovese
- Expertise in Aboriginal title claims litigation in Australian and North America, 1946-2002 / Arthur J. Ray. Part Three: Truth, Facts and Memory. Making the facts speak / Arthur Glass
- Legal facts and humanist stories: the humanist as expert witness / Anthony Connolly
- Truth in memory: the humanist and the cognitive sciences / John Sutton
- Humanities in the courtroom / K. J. Crispin. Part Four: Truth and Institutions. Eliza Fraser: a colonial and legal narrative / Larissa Behrendt
- Inquiries into truth / Mark Finnane. Part Five: Historical Precursors. History and land rights / Ann McGrath
- 'Stories for country': Aboriginal history and land claims / Ann McGrath.