| Description | | - The text provides a thorough yet accessible coverage which will equip students with a good understanding of a difficult subject
- Detailed consideration is given to all areas of contemporary concern, particularly the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice Act 2003,
- Accompanied by a companion web site which will provide updates and web-links for students
| This new and exciting textbook provides a clear account of the key principles of the law of civil and criminal evidence in England and Wales, presented in a clear, accessible and readable manner. Although the book takes the relevant legal principles as the basis for discussion, it sets these principles against the background of a consideration of more fundamental issues such as the rationales
underlying the law of evidence. The book achieves a sucessful mix of critical and thought-provoking analysis.
Ongoing debates such as those relating to the implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 are considered fully. The book includes a full discussion of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which changes fundamentally the law relating to hearsay and bad character. Where appropriate, the
state of the law in other jurisdictions is examined. So too are the academic literature and the work of bodies like the Law Commission. This text is accompanied by a companion web site which will provide students with updates and web-links. |
Readership: The book is aimed at undergraduates studying evidence as part of their law degree. It will also be of interest to practitioners and to academic researchers.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
2.
Article 6 and Obtaining Evidence: Some Issues
3.
Confessions
4.
The Privilege against Self-Incrimination and the Right to Silence
5.
Identification Evidence
6.
Violations of Article 8 and the Exclusion of Evidence
7.
Evidence Obtained in Undercover Police Operations
8.
Public Interest Immunity
9.
Legal Professional Privilege
10.
Character Evidence
11.
Hearsay Evidence
12.
Expert Evidence
13.
Witnesses
14.
Burden and Standard of Proof
15.
Proof without Evidence
16.
The Course of Evidence
17.
Conclusion
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Andrew Choo, Professor of Law, Brunel University
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