Abstract

The present study seeks to approach how judicial practice values testimonial evidence. In this regard, through semi-structured interviews conducted within the framework of a Project Initiation Project, we sought to determine the relevance attributed to this means of evidence when deciding a case and what criteria are used to assess testimonies. The methodological work also allowed us to verify certain assertions stemming from how legislation and doctrine treat this type of information as evidence, often in a subsidiary manner, which analysis is focused on the person testifying. Thus, it was possible to appreciate the way in which this centralism is used, the general distrust in this means of proof and how the expectations that are held in it are not really fulfilled.

Keywords

Testimonial evidence assessment of evidence witness testimony credibility