An Economic Approach to the Law of Evidence

Abstract

The law of evidence is the body of rules that determines what, and how, information may be provided to a legal tribunal that must resolve a factual dispute.The importance of the accurate resolution of such disputes to an economically efficient system of law has been discussed at length, 1 but the economic literature dealing with the rules themselves is scanty in relation to the scope and importance of evidence law. 2 This article is the first comprehensive (though it is