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Contents: General: Freedom of proof, L. Jonathan Cowen; Facts, fictions and law: Bentham on the foundation of evidence, Gerald J. Postema; Formal and empirical research on cascaded inference of jurisprudence, David A. Schum and Anne W. Martin. Logic of Proof: The problem of proof, John H. Wigmore; Book review of C. Moore, “A treatise on facts, or the weight and value of evidence,” John H. Wigmore; Free evaluation of evidence, Per Olof Ekelöf; Debating probabilities, William Twining; Focusing on the defendant, The Honourable Sir Richard Egglestone; The limits of the preponderance of the evidence standard: Justifiably naked statistical evidence and multiple causation, D. Kaye; liability and individualized evidence, Judith Jarvis Thomson; Jerome Frank’s fact-scepticism and our future, Edmond Cahn. Law, Fact and Value: On brute facts, G.E.M. Anscombe; Law, fact or justice,? Adrian A.S. Zuckerman. The law of evidence; it’s nature and scope: The modern law of evidence and its purpose, C.F. Chamberlyne; The canons of evidence – rules of exclusion or rules of use,? Philip McNamara; An approach to rules of evidence for non-jury cases, K.C. Davis; Some difficulties in devising rules for determining truth in judicial trial, Jack B. Weinstein. Basic concepts of the law of evidence: Basic concepts of the law of evidence, J.L. Montrose; Relevancy, probability and the law, George F. James. Burdens of proof and presumptions: The burden of proof J.B. Thayer; On presumption, Edna Ullmann-Margalit. Auxiliary probative policy: “Stickperson hearsay”: A simplified approach to understanding the rule against hearsay, M.H. Graham. Extrinsic probative policy: Excessive sanctions for governmental misconduct in criminal cases, Richard A. Posner; The exclusionary rule, deterrence and Posner’s economic analysis of law, Arval A. Morris. Protection of the accused: An attempt to update the law of evidence, Rupert Cross. Name index.