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Evidence Text and Materials
By
Steve Uglow
This book provides
students with essential guidance on what is a conceptually difficult
topic. It draws together essential cases, statutes and practical
readings on civil and criminal evidence, linked by an extensive
interpretative commentary. It provides a firm grounding in the rules
of evidence and the relationship between evidence and procedure,
placing that relationship, wherever possible, in the broader context
of the criminal and civil justice systems. It explores the connection
between the rules of evidence and the nature of the common law
adversarial trial with its stress on oral testimony, day in court and
the examination of witnesses.
Table of contents
1 Adversarial,
fair and logical
2 The trial-judge
and the jury
3 The burden and
standard of proof
4 Discretion to
exclude evidence : judicial oversight over police investigations
5 Documentary and
real evidence
6 Disclosure of
evidence : providing information before the trial
7 Immunities from
testifying public interest immunity
8 Immunities from
testifying private privileges and confidential information
9 Reliability,
competence and compellability
10 Vulnerable and
intimidated witnesses
11 Reinforcing
suspect evidence
12 Oral testimony
: evidence in chief
13 The hostile
witness and cross-examination
14 Character
evidence
15 Bad
character
16 Hearsay - its
scope and rationale
17 Section 118 -
common law exceptions to hearsay
18 Hearsay in
criminal proceedings - The Criminal Justice Act 2003
19 Hearsay in
civil proceedings - The Civil Evidence Act 1995
20 Opinions and
the evidence of experts
21 Matters not
requiring full proof
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