First course

The course will analyse what it means and what it implies to conceive evidence and proof in law as an area of knowledge. The distinction between minimization and distribution of the risk of error in the judicial determination of the facts and the relationship between these and other non-epistemic purposes of evidence law will be examined. It will also discuss the appropriate means to encourage the investigation of the truth in the process, especially considering the challenge of facing the cognitive biases that affect the agents involved in it.