Epistemic and non-epistemic reasons for the admission of testimonial proof in the Peruvian Criminal Procedure

This paper focuses on the analysis of the epistemic and non-epistemic reasons of the admission rules for testimonial proof in the 2004 Criminal Procedure Code. The first reasons address the recognition of the principle of relevance as the guiding criterion for admission of proof, which implies that...

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Autor: Limay Chavez, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/24745
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/24745
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Admission
inadmissibility
Proof
Relevance
Testimony
Epistemic reason
Truth
Admisión
inadmisión
Prueba
Relevancia
Testimonio
Razón epistémica
Verdad
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Sumario:This paper focuses on the analysis of the epistemic and non-epistemic reasons of the admission rules for testimonial proof in the 2004 Criminal Procedure Code. The first reasons address the recognition of the principle of relevance as the guiding criterion for admission of proof, which implies that all testimony that contributes to the clarification of the facts is incorporated. The second reasons, aimed at the protection of different values which are the basis for excluding relevant testimonies, will be evaluated to determine whether these exclusions are adequately justified. This research presents a proposal for the regulation of testimonial proof according to the epistemic purposes of the proof