Competent fact-finding must describe events without using the legal terms at issue

Evidence

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Categorization

• DEFINE: States the cardinal principle of lawyerlike fact-finding: describe events in non-conclusive terms to avoid begging the legal question.
• XREF: connects to: Whether a question is law or fact is really a policy choice in disguise — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 127; Getting historical facts right is necessary but insufficient without interpretation. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America…, 268; Facts must be discovered through observation rather than logical deduction alone. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2114 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Getting historical facts right is necessary but insufficient without interpretation. #qualifies (0.80) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again, 268
• Facts must be discovered through observation rather than logical deduction alone. #qualifies (0.78) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2114