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Evidence law

the use of probability calculations to decide factual questions at trial, and the risks it poses to legal fact-finding.

In evidence law, trial by mathematics refers to the use of probability calculations to decide factual questions at trial, and the risks it poses to legal fact-finding. This meaning comes from Tribe (1971) in Harvard Law Review.[1]

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  1. Tribe, L. H. (1971). Trial by Mathematics: Precision and Ritual in the Legal Process. Harvard Law Review, 84(6), 1329. https://doi.org/10.2307/1339610

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