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DESCRIPTION:Struggles for recognition often concern not only the right to b
 e heard but also to be believed. A recurrent criticism of criminal justice
  systems in Germany and elsewhere holds that the testimonies of some witne
 ss groups such as alleged victims of sexual offenses are not adequately be
 lieved. This criticism raises worries about the legitimacy of criminal pro
 cedures and should not be dismissed as mere empirical matters. One of the 
 most influential theories in contemporary philosophy\, Miranda Fricker's a
 ccount of epistemic injustice\, explores forms of injustice which persons 
 may be exposed to in the production of knowledge and in giving testimony. 
 The account provides a philosophical lens for analyzing German criminal pr
 ocedural law. In particular\, the talk examines the claim that epistemic j
 ustice may and should be considered an implicit principle of criminal proc
 edural law\, with implications for two case examples: the pre­sump­tion 
 of falsity of witness statements\, established in a landmark decision by t
 he German Fed­eral Court of Justice over twenty years ago\, as well as th
 e way the justice system addresses specific group-based biases in judicial
  reasoning such as racial bias. Both suggest legal reforms.\nSpeaker: Dr. 
 Jan Christoph Bublitz (University of Hamburg)
LAST-MODIFIED:20231201T054616Z
LOCATION:Freiburg/Germany\, Fürstenbergstr. 19\, Room: Seminar room (F 113
 ) | Guests are welcome\; please register
ORGANIZER;CN="Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
 ":mailto:m.cordes@csl.mpg.de
SUMMARY:Guest Lecture Series “Society: Status Quo and Normative Change”
 : Epistemic and Criminal Justice: The Economy of Witness Credibility in Ge
 rman Criminal Procedural Law
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