Repensando las máximas de experiencia
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This study aims to analyze the concept beyond the term «maxims of experience». First,
it attempts to settle how the term is currently understand by legal scholars. Secondly, it finds that
a wide variety of concepts are being used and, consequently, examines the logical structure of the
statements that are usually classified as maxims of experience and their role in evidence assessment.
Afterwards, the essay seeks to explore if the term could be replaced by the concept of generalizations and choose a classification of these. Finally, the work warns about some risks in their use and
some criteria are proposed for their application to legal fact reasoning