Evidence
- ISBN: 9780192895660
- Editorial: Oxford University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2022
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Edición número: 11th ed.
- Colección: Core Text Series
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 556
- Idiomas: Inglés
A concise student companion, this book offers clear and engaging discussion around the core areas of the law of evidence, as well as topical discussion on the latest legal developments
The author's engaging writing style holds the interest of the reader at all times
Each chapter begins with a useful summary of its contents, enabling easy navigation of the text, and ends with self-test questions to check understanding and prompt analysis
Outline answer guidance to the end-of-chapter questions are available as part of the online resources
1:Relevance and admissibility of evidence
2:Presumptions and the burden of proof
3:Witnesses: competence, compellability, and various privileges
4:The course of the trial
5:Witnesses' previous consistent statements and the remnants of the rule against narrative
6:Character and credibility
7:Evidence of the defendant's good character in criminal cases
8:Evidence of the defendant's bad character
9:The opinion rule and the presentation of expert evidence
10:The rule against hearsay
11:Confessions
12:Drawing adverse inferences from a defendant's omissions, lies, or false alibis
13:Identification evidence
