Being Easy to Communicate Might Make Verdicts Based on Confessions More Legitimate

Abstract In many judicial systems, confessions are a requirement for criminal conviction. Even if confessions are intrinsically convincing, this might not entirely explain why they play such a paramount role. In addition, it has been suggested that confessions owe their importance to their legitimiz...

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Authors: Mercier, Hugo 1980- (Author) ; Hacquin, Anne-Sophie (Author) ; Claidière, Nicolas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 203-225
IxTheo Classification:XA Law
ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Confessions
B Cultural Transmission
B Legitimacy
B Communication
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