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| + | In his seminal work ''Commentaries on the Laws of England'', English jurist William Blackstone wrote: |
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| − | In criminal law, Blackstone's ratio (also known as Blackstone's formulation) is the idea that: |
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| − | as expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s. |
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The idea subsequently became a staple of legal thinking in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions and continues to be a topic of debate. There is also a long pre-history of similar sentiments going back centuries in a variety of legal traditions. The message that government and the courts must err on the side of bringing in verdicts of innocence has remained constant. |
The idea subsequently became a staple of legal thinking in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions and continues to be a topic of debate. There is also a long pre-history of similar sentiments going back centuries in a variety of legal traditions. The message that government and the courts must err on the side of bringing in verdicts of innocence has remained constant. |
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| + | == References == |
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Latest revision as of 11:54, 28 November 2022
In his seminal work Commentaries on the Laws of England, English jurist William Blackstone wrote:
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. [1]
The idea subsequently became a staple of legal thinking in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions and continues to be a topic of debate. There is also a long pre-history of similar sentiments going back centuries in a variety of legal traditions. The message that government and the courts must err on the side of bringing in verdicts of innocence has remained constant.
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