Recent content by LearninHand

Thanks all for your help — and yes, the cogent respectful comments and links actually have helped. (FYI @army judge, I see fletc is back up and running) Bye

Agree with all. I originally had but removed for brevity mention of its use in its popular sense by legal professionals. That shows up in a fair fraction of the cases on Westlaw, etc. I know it's unlikely, but I haven't given up hope. And so seek ideas from brilliant sleuths such as yourselves...

@army judge — Thx for the fletc links. While the site does appear to have been taken offline (I'm getting 'Safari can't find server'), I was able to download those from webarchive. Re the troll business … apologies to all for posting on multiple (3 not 4 as adjusterjack misstates); that was in...

"Can't find server" even for the home page fletc.gov link presented in Google search results. You must have an inside track :) Thx for posting that — even though, again, that's on 'conspiracy', not 'conspiracy theory.

The term is used in volumes of cases synonymously with 'theory of (a/the) conspiracy'. The term might not be defined in Black's, but it seems to be commonly understood. Also, re "there is no … claim for having a conspiracy there", I found this case which counters that: Roy Thomas, Appellant...

Thx, one of those is closer — Quimbee. However the others are not: Black's Law Dictionary, FindLaw, USLegal, and Study.com all define 'conspiracy', not 'conspiracy theory'. RationaliWiki defines 'conspiracy theory' the same as Wikipedia — note their "However, since the mid-1960s, it has often...

No. That's the popular usage of the term, not the legal definition. That article says "A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy … without credible evidence." In law, a 'conspiracy theory' is a theory of a case to be judged by a trier of fact. It...

I'm searching for a source (case, journal, etc.) that explicitly defines 'conspiracy theory' as a legal concept for criminal and/or civil law. I see definitions of 'conspiracy' and 'theory of case' but not 'conspiracy theory'. It's obvious what it means, but I'm looking for a source that states...