En materia de prueba: sobre algunos cuestionables tópicos jurisprudenciales
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The author initially discusses both the reasons for the historical inclusion of the
defendant´s guarantees in the concept of due process of law and their fundamental role in terms of
the development of this concept. The concept of due process embodies a legal and constitutional
framework for an epistemic activity aimed at obtaining a quality knowledge about uncertain facts,
which are prima facie considered criminally relevant. Moreover, the paper critically reviews a series
of strongly ingrained case-law clichés, which appear to be inconsistent with those guarantees