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Evidence and inference in history and law : interdisciplinary dialogues / edited by William Twining and Iain Hampsher-Monk. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2003. - 354 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction 3
William Twining and Iain Hampsher-Monk
I Evidence and Inferences about Past Events:
An Overview of Six Case Studies 9
David A. Schum
2 Reconstructing the Truth about Edith Thompson:
The Shakespearean and the Jurist 63
William Twining and René Weis
3 The Last Wedge 122
M. J. Geller
4 Wigmore Meets "The Last Wedge" 140
Terence J. Anderson
5 Wigmorean Analysis and the Survival of Cuneiform 216
M. J. Geller
6 The Mountebank:
A Case Study in Early Modern Theater Iconography 231
M. A. Katritzky
7 Schubert Lieder and the Guitar:
Musicological Evidence and Inference 287
Thomas F. Heck
8 Historical Evidence and Dutch Colonial Labor Relations
V. J. H. Houben
9 Evidence and Inference in the History of Political Thought:
The Case of Locke's Theory of Property 329
Iain Hampsher-Monk

ISBN: 0810118939 (cloth) 0810117568 (paper)

LCCN: 2003544500

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evidence (Law)--Philosophy.
Inference.

Dewey Class. No.: 347.06 / EVI