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dc.contributor.authorFernandez, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:11:00Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:11:00Z
dc.date.created2010-04-20T20:02:59Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationFernandez, Joseph. 2009. An Exploration of the Meaning of Truth in Philosophy and Law. The University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review. 11: pp. 53-83.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9181
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This article examines the meaning of "truth" in philosophy and in the law and it identifies notable dissonance between the two discourses. Deep divisions run within philosophy on the meaning of the term, while an examination of the term in the context of the law also reveals tensions. There are long held views that the truth is subservient to justice; and that proof rather than the truth is the justice system's main concern. That position, however, is not unanimous. A paradox that flows from this discussion is that there are at least two, potentially conflicting, kinds of truth in a trial- substantive truth and formal legal truth. The ramifications are significant.

dc.publisherHyde Park Press
dc.titleAn Exploration of the Meaning of Truth in Philosophy and Law
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume11
dcterms.source.startPage53
dcterms.source.endPage83
dcterms.source.issn1441-9769
dcterms.source.titleThe University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.facultyDepartment of Journalism


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