Motives play an important role at every stage of a criminal investigation. They can be used to search for an explanation of the crime (why was this person killed?), to identify a suspect (who would have killed this person for this reason), and to persuade a jury of a suspect’s guilt (this motive explains why this person committed this crime). We have previously developed an account of motivatio...

The title to traverse an inquisition by a person who has been found lunatic is a matter of right; but the Court, before granting the writ, will satisfy itself, by personal (or other) examination, that the alleged lunatic is able to exercise volition, and really desires to traverse the finding of the jury. In order to keep the expenses of a petition to traverse within proper limits, the Lord Cha...

From a number of medico-legal cases, which have come under my notice during the sixteen months I have been acting as Civil Surgeon of Murshidabad, I have selected two as of interest and worthy of permanent record. (a) False charge of clacoity with self-inflicted injuries.?On the morning of August 22nd, 1898, one Jifcan Ali Mir sent his nephew to report to the Police that a dacoity had been comm...

The search employed by judicial professionals when seeking for past similar legal decisions is known as jurisprudence research. Humans employ analogical reasoning when comparing a given actual situation with past decisions, noting the affinities between them. In the process of being reminded of a similar situation when faced to a new one, Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) systems simulate analogical r...