Principle

EVIDENCE LAW – Traditional History – Contradictions in Testimony – Material Contradictions Affecting Credibility

Area of law
EVIDENCE LAW
Court
Supreme Court

In traditional history evidence, material contradictions matter, not minor ones. Sharp contradictions between a party's own witnesses on fundamental facts affect credibility. Where one witness says a house still exists and another says it exists only as a "shadow house" under another name, the contradiction…

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