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fact-skepticism: a standalone construct

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Legal theory

the view that uncertainty in trial fact-finding, not in legal rules, is the main reason court outcomes cannot be predicted.

In legal theory, fact-skepticism refers to the view that uncertainty in trial fact-finding, not in legal rules, is the main reason court outcomes cannot be predicted. This meaning comes from Frank (1949) in Courts on trial.[1]

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court1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct uncertainty3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

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Frank, J. (1949). Courts on trial. Princeton Universty Press. ISBN 9780691027555

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