The studies of the theory of legal reasoning turn increasingly towards the issue of proof. The resulting legal disputes and judgements are based less on the challenge of the law itself or its interpretation, but more on the challenge of the pieces of evidence.
In a legal dispute, proving something means demonstrating something. The argumentative strategy of the complainant or the defence will depend on this proof. Who among the complainant and the defence has to bear the burden of the proof? To what extend a proof is sufficient? How can the opposing party reverse the accepted proof? These issues involve the fields of legal reasoning, dynamic logic and the argumentative approach to logic.
The notion of juridical proof necessarily involves to adopt a multi-disciplinary approach since it is a key crossroads between legal reasoning and logical reasoning, allowing to open a strong and original connection between these two fields.
Argumentalis aims at bringing the jurists and the logicians together around the notion of proof, argumentation and evidence.
This project is funded by la Maison européenne des sciences de l'homme et de la société (MESHS).
