1st Edition

Proof, Evidence and Hate Crime A Study in Criminal Jurisprudence

By Tshepo Bogosi Mosaka Copyright 2026
226 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

226 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Proof is the property of a disputed fact being established inferentially from an extant fact. This book explicates the structural components of this phenomenon in the context of hate crimes across various jurisdictions around the world. It departs from the orthodox conception of evidence and proof as being a general, value-neutral (or non-normative) and epistemic subject, and offers a... Read more

1. CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION   2. CHAPTER TWO: THE MATERIAL CONDITION   3. CHAPTER THREE: THE PROCESSUAL CONDITION   4. CHAPTER FOUR: A SHORT HISTORY OF PROOF   5. CHAPTER FIVE: THE PROBATIVE CONDITION I   6. CHAPTER SIX: THE PROBATIVE CONDITION II   7. CHAPTER SEVEN: THE STUDY OF APPLIED PROOF

Biography

Tshepo Bogosi Mosaka is Senior Lecturer, Advocate of the High Court and Young Fellow of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) College of Fellows, South Africa, as well as a Visiting Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany.