Start Date
8-12-2017 1:00 PM
End Date
8-12-2017 2:00 PM
Description
Civil burdens of proof and presumptions comprise a conceptually narrow topic, but one quite difficult to grasp for practical purposes. Particularly as to presumptions, the literature is vast ... the literature is also confused. For example, Professor Ronald Allen quotes the Minnesota Supreme Court as saying that this ‘is a subject on which text writers, teachers of law and authors of legal articles have written much and clarified little’ and Learned Hand, speaking for the courts, as saying ‘Judges have mixed it up until nobody can tell what on earth it means.’ (Davis 2001, 1)
Recommended Citation
Trylinski, Susan Esq., "Burden of proof in assessment hearings: A comparison of Canadian and American law" (2017). IAAO Annual Legal Seminar. 11.
https://researchexchange.iaao.org/legal/legal17/sessions/11
Burden of proof in assessment hearings: A comparison of Canadian and American law
Civil burdens of proof and presumptions comprise a conceptually narrow topic, but one quite difficult to grasp for practical purposes. Particularly as to presumptions, the literature is vast ... the literature is also confused. For example, Professor Ronald Allen quotes the Minnesota Supreme Court as saying that this ‘is a subject on which text writers, teachers of law and authors of legal articles have written much and clarified little’ and Learned Hand, speaking for the courts, as saying ‘Judges have mixed it up until nobody can tell what on earth it means.’ (Davis 2001, 1)
