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Author:   Inns of Court School of Law
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Blackstone Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781854315724

ISBN 10:   1854315722
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 October 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9781854316769
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Part 1 Preliminary matters: what is evidence?; the fact-finding process; facts open to proof or disproof; types of judicial evidence; relevance; admissibility; weight; discretion; functions of judge and jury; questions. Part 2 Burden and standard of proof and presumptions: burden of proof; incidence of the legal burden; incidence of the evidential burden; burden of proof in a trial within a trial; right to begin; standard of proof; presumptions; questions. Part 3 Witnesses competence, compellability, oaths and procedure: competence and compellability; oaths and affirmations; procedural issues; questions. Part 4 Examination, cross-examination and re-examination: examination-in-chief; cross-examination; re-examination; questions. Part 5 Similar fact evidence: criminal cases; civil cases; questions. Part 6 Character evidence: civil cases; criminal cases; inadmissible evidence of previous convictions; questions. Part 7 Hearsay - the exclusionary rule: an attempt at definition; examples; rationale; scooe; questions. Part 8 Hearsay exceptions: general points; hearsay exceptions applicable in criminal cases; hearsay exceptions in civil cases; questions. Part 9 Confessions and illegally or improperly obtained evidence (other than confessions) in criminal cases: introduction - the impact of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and its codes of practice; confessions - the barriers to admissibility; illegally or imporperly obtained evidence other than confessions; questions. Part 10 Circumstantial evidence of a party's evasive conduct: civil cases; criminal cases. Part 11 Corrobration, care warnings and identification evidence: general introduction; corroboration and care warnings; identification evidence; questions. Part 12 Opinion evidence and judgments as evidence of the facts on which they are based: opinion evidence; judgments as evidence of the facts on which they are based; questions. Part 13 Privilege and public policy: general introduction; privilege; public policy; questions. Appendices: suggested answers; PACE 1984, Codes C and E; PACE 1984, Code D.

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