Two puzzles of judicial wagers
| Autor: | Harald Wiese |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 33:73-85 |
| ISSN: | 1474-0591 1356-1863 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1356186321000833 |
| Popis: | This paper is about an Old Indian judicial institution called paṇa (“wager”). Within a court proceeding, a judicial wager is a certain sum of money that a conflicting party offers to pay if he ends up losing his case. This paper explains the rationale of judicial wagers by showing that they may signal truthfulness. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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