William Twining (1934–2025)
Author of How to Do Things with Rules
About the Author
William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus of University College London. He has worked extensively in Eastern Africa, the Commonwealth and the United States. Much of his recent work explores the implications of globalization for law and legal theory. His previous book, General show more Jurisprudence: Understanding Law from a Global Perspective, is a precursor of Human Rights, Southern Voices. show less
Works by William Twining
Human Rights, Southern Voices: Francis Deng, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Yash Ghai and Upendra Baxi (Law in Context) (2009) 7 copies
Law's ethical, global and theoretical contexts : essays in honour of William Twining (2015) 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1934-09-22
- Date of death
- 2025-10-09
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence, University College London
- Nationality
- England
- Associated Place (for map)
- England
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Reviews
1.Evidence and inference: some food for thought; 2. Fact investigation and the nature of evidence; 3. Principles of proof; 4. Methods of analysis; 5. The chart method; 6. Outlines, chronologies and narrative; 7. Analysing the decided case: anatomy of a cause célèbre; 8. Evaluating evidence; 9. Probabilities, weight and probative force; 10. Necessary but dangerous: generalizations and stories in argumentation about facts; 11. The principles of proof and the law of evidence; 12. The trial show more lawyer’s standpoint. show less
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- Works
- 30
- Members
- 178
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.5
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- ISBNs
- 91
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