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Jenkinson's admonition that our primary duty in appraisal is the moral defence of archives. In order for this to be accomplished, the principle of provenance must remain the foundation of the appraisal process. 127
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A STUDY OF THE THEORY OF APPRAISAL
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ABSTRACT Appraisal for selection is
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I gratefully acknow
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the troublesome question of the rel
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principle of pertinence is commonly
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problems such as the availability o
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theoretical framework.În this mann
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CHAPTER 1: THE PROBATIVE NATURE OF
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doctrine of stare decisis.3 The hie
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The courts thus enter the realm of
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the conduct of society, but to expl
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lives."16 Because the present inesc
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judiciary has developed a complex s
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creation, is inherently reliable. 2
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authority. "31^Public records can t
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whole or any part of any book, docu
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consist of all documentary records
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issue. German archivists have been
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information.2 It is, however, the F
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Importance of historical value as a
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intuitive ability to appraise recor
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objectivity is irrelevant. Content
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is supported by the many examples o
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that documented important historica
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ecords through a structural analysi
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is, the political issue of extent a
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appraisal. But, instead of rejectin
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provide archivists with the necessa
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theory of appraisal, which, in his
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For it is the task of archivists in
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the European understanding of the n
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to appraisal theory, the following
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of the Rolls has been required 'fro
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Schedule."13 In 1889, rules regardi
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their legitimate successors.17 His
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the administrator.22 Their meaning
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the connexion in which they were or
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fears, archivists and historians wh
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diminished from its previous absolu
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that had been used since the mid-ni
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