Introduction to FSL

• Introduction to proof, admissibility, and the principles of legal evidence
• The concept of freedom of proof and its significance to Anglo-American systems of legal evidence
• The conceptual tools of legal evidence: relevance, admissibility, generalisations, burdens, and standards of proof
• The nature of scientific methodology

Readings:

1. Horace Miner (1956). ‘Body Ritual among the Nacirema’, American Anthropologist, 58 (3): 503-507.
2. AST pp.1-10

Further Reading

1. Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá (2017b), “The Historical Nature of Forensic Inference.” Forensic Studies, Vol. 1(2): 1-10.