| Description | | - Each question is accompanied by author commentary, an answer plan, and a full suggested answer, offering a complete guide to each topic
- Commentaries and bullet-pointed summaries of each answer can be used on their own to summarise a topic, or students can use this framework to write their own answer, making this book particularly versatile and allowing it to be used at all stages of revision
- Summary of each topic at the beginning of every chapter provides a useful overview of each area, reminding students of salient points as they revise for exams
- Contains diagrams and tables to aid decision-making and analysis, allowing students to visualise a snapshot of an issue in examination conditions
| New to this edition- Takes full account of the changes to hearsay and character evidence introduced since 2005
- Contains a new detailed chapter on the defendant's silence
- Reviews recent controversies on expert opinion including R v Clark (2003) and R v Cannings
- Analyses the impact of anti-terrorist legislation on the law of evidence
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The law of evidence is an increasingly popular and important choice of subject for undergraduates. The ideal revision aid, Q&A Evidence
2007-2008
gives students the opportunity to practise their exam techniques and evaluate and assess their progress. The book is divided into chapters covering each major topic on law courses, and contains around fifty questions and answers designed to
test even the best prepared student. Each chapter contains an introduction focusing on important legal aspects, and flowcharts are used to clarify issues and aid analysis. After every question there is a commentary highlighting key points, followed by bullet-pointed answer plans, and finally a model answer. The authors discuss the most effective techniques for writing examination answers and
tackling both practical and theoretical questions, showing exactly what the examiners are looking for.
The book opens with an introductory chapter providing detailed guidance on examination technique and the best approach to answering both problem and essay based questions; the book will be invaluable for both examinations and coursework. Q&A Evidence
ends with a chapter of 'mixed
questions' which will provide the perfect dry run at an examination.
This fifth edition has been substantially modified to take account of recent sweeping changes in the law of evidence, as well as the radical impact of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, particularly in the areas of character and hearsay evidence. The authors also take into account the continuing effect of the Human Rights Act
1998, which has had a strong impact on the law of evidence.
Online resource centre
Q&A Evidence
is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre providing annotated web links and a glossary of terms from the Dictionary of Law.
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Readership: Undergraduate students studying options in evidence and students on Legal Practice and Bar Vocational Courses.
| Contents |
Preface
Table of cases
Table of statutes
Table of secondary legislation
1.
Introduction
2.
Burden and standard of proof; presumptions
3.
Character evidence
4.
Hearsay
5.
Confessions
6.
The defendant's silence
7.
Improperly obtained evidence
8.
Competence and compellability
9.
Identification and lies
10.
Expert opinion
11.
Issues in the course of trial
12.
Privilege and public policy
13.
Mixed questions
Selected bibliography
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Maureen Spencer, Principal Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University and
John Spencer, Visiting Senior Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University
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