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Burden of Proof: Standard of Proof in Court Proceeding. Latvian Experience

Summary/Abstract: The topicality of a subject matter burden of proof in major court proceedings is based on anambiguous understanding of the standard of proof in legal practice, that is, of the moment when a fact isconsidered to be proven or unproven. The goal of an article is to research legal regulation of burden of proofin civil procedure, administrative procedure, administrative offence procedure and criminal procedure lawand to determine standard of burdens of proof within each of these procedures. The burden of proof or dutyto prove a claimed fact is an essential element of any evidentiary proceedings. The determination ofa standard of proof is an ambiguously understood issue in legal theory and especially in legal practice.Ambiguous understanding of standard of proof in legal practice may cause determination of unproven factsas proven or vice versa, or even lead to finding innocent persons as guilty. The author, researching the burdenof proof in the so-called major court proceedings, provides an explanation of the legal aspects of its standards.

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