Defenses, Presumptions, and Burden of Proof in the Criminal Law

Date

1979

Citation

John C. Jeffries Jr. & Paul B. Stephan, Defenses, Presumptions, and Burden of Proof in the Criminal Law, 88 Yale Law Journal, 1325–1407 (1979).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul B. Stephan

Public Policy and Regulation

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for International & Comparative Law

Virginia Center for Tax Law

National Security Law Center

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

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