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Dishonesty and the Jury: A Case Study in the Moral Content of Law

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Richard Tur
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It must be considered that a man who only does what everyone of the society to which he belongs would do is not a dishonest man.

A lack of confidence in the ability of a tribunal correctly to estimate evidence of states of mind and the like can never be sufficient ground for excluding from enquiry the most fundamental element in a rational and humane criminal code.

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Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements , Volume 18: Philosophy and Practice , September 1984 , pp. 75 - 96
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy and the contributors 1984

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