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The Law Of Evidence Has Traditionally Been Perceived As A Dry Highly Technical And Mysterious Subject. This Book Argues That Problems Of Evidence In Law Are Closely Related To The Handling Of Evidence In Other Kinds Of Practical Decision-Making And Other Academic Disciplines That It Is Closely Related To Common Sense And That It Is An Interesting Lively And Accessible Subject. These Essays Develop A Readable Coherent Historical And Theoretical Perspective About Problems Of Proof Evidence And Inferential Reasoning In Law. Although Each Essay Is Self-Standing They Are Woven Together To Present A Sustained Argument For A Broad Inter-Disciplinary Approach To Evidence In Litigation In Which The Rules Of Evidence Play A Subordinate Though Significant Role. This Revised And Enlarged Edition Includes A Revised Introduction The Best-Known Essays In The First Edition And Chapters On Narrative And Argumentation Teaching Evidence And Evidence As A Multi-Disciplinary Subject.