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2 - New Directions for Evidence Science, Complex Adaptive Systems, and a Possibly Unprovable Hypothesis About Human Flourishing

from Part I - Evidence As an Area of Knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2022

By
Ronald J. Allen
Edited by
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán  and
Carmen Vázquez
Jordi Ferrer Beltrán
Affiliation:
Universitat de Girona
Carmen Vázquez
Affiliation:
Universitat de Girona
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Summary

Trials, legal systems, governments, and market economies are all complex adaptive systems. Viewing them in that light opens up new avenues for research, and leads to a possibly unprovable supposition that human flourishing well be enhanced at the intersection of societies with a commitment to the rule of law that embrace free elections, market economies and responsive legal systems of which the common law is the paradigmatic example. These complex adaptive systems have the advantage of feedback mechanisms that may facilitate the intelligent exploitation of the vast amount of information contained in each of the systems.

Keywords

Evidenceprocedurecomplex adaptive systemscomplexity theoryhuman flourishingcommon lawmarketselections
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Evidential Legal Reasoning
Crossing Civil Law and Common Law Traditions
 , pp. 34 - 50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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