Een getuie, geen getuie: die herkoms en betekenis van die regsreël van meervoudige getuies

One witness, no witness: the origin and meaning of the legal rule of multiple witnessess The practice of calling various witnessess to testify in court is so well known that it is taken for granted. Calvin even says that God “has naturally inscribed this law upon every heart”. Yet, in administering justice, it has not always been acknowledged and applied, thereby causing in many cases justice not to prevail. In searching for the origin of this vital rule, one has to go not to the Greeks or Romans, nor to the Babylonians or Persians, but to the Bible. It was given by God to Israel in establishi... Mehr ...