Respect for juries: A rejoinder to Hemming on Pell

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Patrick, Jeremy. 2023. "Respect for juries: A rejoinder to Hemming on Pell." Alternative Law Journal . 48 (2), pp. 116-119. https://doi.org//10.1177/1037969X231159431
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Respect for juries: A rejoinder to Hemming on Pell

ERA Journal ID35399
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsPatrick, Jeremy
Journal TitleAlternative Law Journal 
Journal Citation48 (2), pp. 116-119
Number of Pages4
Year2023
PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISSN1037-969X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org//10.1177/1037969X231159431
Web Address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1037969X231159431
Abstract

The High Court decision in Pell v The Queen continues to be the subject of extensive academic controversy. In a pair of important articles, evidence and criminal law scholar Andrew Hemming has defended the Court’s decision. This rejoinder critiques Hemming’s defence (and, by extension, the High Court’s decision) on three grounds. First, because the decision conflates unchallenged testimony with honest and reliable testimony. Second, because it relies on ad hoc probabilistic determinations of discrete and unreplicable historical events. Third, because it fails to answer a key epistemological question: how could the High Court know more about what really did or did not happen in that sacristy than the jury?

Keywordsreasonable doubt, jury verdicts, legal theory, jurisprudence, legal philosophy
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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020480504. Legal institutions (incl. courts and justice systems)
Byline AffiliationsSchool of Law and Justice
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