CONTENTS.
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN CRIMINAL SCIENCE
SERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . V

INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH VERSION . . . . . ix

AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION . . . . xiii

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART I. THE SUBJECTIVE CONDITIONS OF EVIDENCE
(THE MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE JUDGE) . . 7

TITLE A. CONDITIONS OF TAKING EVIDENCE . . . 7

Topic 1. METHOD . . . . . . . . . . 7
1 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 7
2 (b) The Method of Natural Science . . . . . 9

Topic 2. PSYCHOLOGIC LESSONS . . . . . 14
3 (a) General Considerations . . . . . . . 14
4 (b) Integrity of Witnesses . . . . . . . 16
5 (c) Correctness of Testimony . . . . . . . 18
6 (d) Presuppositions of Evidence-Taking . . . . 20
7 (e) Egoism . . . . . . . . . . 25
8 (J) Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . 28
9 (9) Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 37