今天的讲座和前四讲有一些不同。在前四讲中,我所分析的都是证据法的公认领域,试图说明我们何以能够通过运用各种分析工具来更深刻地理解它们。今天我不想讨论证据法的传统领域,而要讨论在美国和其他几个国家正在进行的一项重要研究工作,这涉及我们所称的“司法证明的性质”。该研究领域并不论及像传闻规则那样的证据法特定领域,而是关于证据法根基的探讨。 There are a few differences between today’s lecture and the first four. In the first four lectures, what I have analyzed are recognized areas of evidence law, trying to show how we can understand them more profoundly by applying various analytical tools. Today I do not want to discuss the traditional area of ​​evidence law, but to discuss an important research ongoing in the United States and several other countries, which involves what we call “the nature of judicial evidence.” The field of research does not address specific areas of evidence law like hearsay rules, but rather a discussion of the foundations of evidence law.