http://hdl.handle.net/10256/23143 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:08:15 GMT 2026-02-18T15:08:15Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24402 Explorando el razonamiento probatorio en chile. Un estudio preliminar de las intuiciones judiciales sobre el daño Valenzuela Saldias, Jonatan The article presents a point of view on the evidentiary law in the field of tort law, as well as the results of an exploratory empirical work on judicial and lawyer intuitions regarding the proof of damage in the Chilean judicial practice. An exploratory study is presented in which conceptions related to the proof of damage are appreciated from the point of view of the values associated with the judicial decision of the same as in relation to the means of proof and the rule of standard of proof that is deemed applicable in this field; El artículo presenta una aproximación al derecho probatorio en el campo del derecho de daños, a partir de los resultados de un trabajo empírico sobre intuiciones judiciales y de abogados respecto de la prueba del daño en la práctica judicial chilena. Se expone un estudio exploratorio en el que se aprecian concepciones vinculadas a la prueba del daño desde el punto de vista de los valores asociados a la decisión judicial, a los medios de prueba y a la regla de estándar de prueba que se estima aplicable en dicho campo Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24402 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24401 The epistemic ambitions of the criminal trial: truth, proof, and rights Summers, Sarah Jane This paper sets out to examine the epistemic ambitions of the criminal trial. It argues for an understanding of criminal evidence and proof which is inextricably connected to the demands of justified punishment and fair trials in the rule of law. Criminal trials must prioritise the indivi-dual rights of the accused, but they also define more generally the manner in which those subject to the law are to be treated in order to engender public acceptance of the verdict. In this sense, it is sceptical of instrumental accounts of criminal adjudication and, in particular, of the feasibility of any sort of separation of outcome and process. It subscribes instead to the notion that (true) belief in the necessity of imposing punishment in the rule of law will only be warranted if it is based on appropriate reasons, understood as reasons which are formed following a distinct type of process Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24401 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24400 Réquiem por la carga de la prueba Nieva Fenoll, Jordi The burden of proof is a notion specific to the medieval Roman-canonical process, alien to the four Roman procedural systems, which should have disappeared with the introduction of the free assessment of evidence. However, the doctrinal and jurisprudential inertia in the use of traditional concepts, as well as the conservation of a biphasic process—like the Roman-Canonical one—in the systems of Anglo-Saxon origin, have favoured the persistence of a notion that, ob-served objectively, has ceased to have any legitimate practical sense in current judicial processes; La carga de la prueba es una institución propia del proceso romano-canónico medieval, ajena a los cuatro sistemas procesales romanos, que tendría que haber desaparecido con la intro-ducción de la libre valoración de la prueba. Sin embargo, la inercia doctrinal y jurisprudencial en la utilización de los conceptos tradicionales, así como la conservación de un proceso bifásico —como el romano-canónico— en los sistemas de origen anglosajón, han favorecido la persistencia de una noción que, observada con objetividad, ha dejado de tener cualquier sentido práctico legítimo en los procesos judiciales actuales Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24400 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24399 The specific evidence rule: reference classes -individuals- personal autonomy Kotsoglou, Kyriakos N. This paper grapples with the issue of naked statistical evidence in general and the reference class problem (RCP) in particular. By analysing the reasoning patterns underlying the RCP, I will show, first, that the RCP rests on theoretical presuppositions which we are by no means bound to accept. Such a presupposition is, what I will call, the wholesale approach in decision-making. Sec-ondly, I will show that the very effort to increase the level of precision to a maximum so that a refe-rence class contains a single member only is theoretically inconsistent insofar, as it deprives reference classes of their general (and thus scientific) character. Thereupon, I will argue, thirdly, that the de-cision to enact a specific evidence rule is a political one and reflects deep moral and jurisprudential values, not scientific propositions. Such a value is personal autonomy, which I go on to illuminate briefly. Whether the trier of fact will treat cases in a wholesale approach or not depends on consti-tutional arrangements and legal values putting emphasis on the individual and the latter’s dignity Sat, 08 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10256/24399 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z