Tag Archives: Hard Cases

Is Riggs v. Palmer a “hard case”?

Posted on January 13, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

For many legal scholars, the paradigm or textbook example of a “hard case” in law is Riggs v. Palmer, the infamous “murdering heir” case decided in 1889 by the New York Court of Appeals. The facts of this legendary case would make tabloid and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Law, Probability | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Judge Hercules or Judge Bayes?

Posted on January 9, 2015 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Here is the abstract of one of our thought experiments, which we have been working on over the holidays: This paper explores two possible connections between hard cases in law and Newcomb’s Paradox in philosophy. One is that Newcomb’s Problem is … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Philosophy, Probability | Tagged , , | 1 Comment