Standards and Methods of Proof : An English Perspective on Della Torre’s Comparative Legal History

Roberts, Paul

Abstract

This Comment responds to Jacopo Della Torre's recent article advocating Taking the Evolution of the Standards of Proof for Criminal Conviction Seriously. Having summarised Della Torre's central thesis and clarified (and largely endorsed) his contextual approach to investigating the criminal standard of proof, I offer-from the perspective of an English common lawyer-some methodological caveats, conceptual reservations and minor textual corrections to Della Torre's illuminating comparative legal history.

Citation

Roberts, P. (2025). Standards and Methods of Proof : An English Perspective on Della Torre’s Comparative Legal History. Quaestio facti: Revista internacional sobre razonamiento probatorio, 9(2025), 1-15

• Journal Article Type: Commentary
• Acceptance Date: Jun 25, 2025
• Online Publication Date: Jun 30, 2025
• Publication Date: Jun 30, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jul 24, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 29, 2025
• Journal: Quaestio Facti: Revista internacional sobre razonamiento probatorio
• Print ISSN: 2660-4515
• Electronic ISSN: 2604-6202
• Publisher: Universitat de Girona
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2025
• Pages: 1-15
• Keywords: standards of proof; beyond reasonable doubt; intime conviction; forensic epistemology; com- parative criminal procedure; comparative legal history
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/51892956
• Publisher URL: https://revistes.udg.edu/quaestio-facti/article/view/23151