Evidence
Ed by Romilly. Edge, Alexander. Mills
- Ed19
- UK Oxford 2016
- 313p.
Fundamentals of evidence -- Burden and standard of proof -- Presumptions -- Witnesses -- Corroboration and care warnings -- Examination-in-chief -- Cross-examination and re-examination -- Character evidence: civil proceedings -- Character evidence: the defendant in criminal proceedings -- Character evidence: persons other than the defendant in criminal proceedings -- The rule against hearsay: defining 'hearsay' -- Hearsay evidence in civil proceedings -- Hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings -- Confessions and illegally or improperly obtained evidence -- Lies and silence -- Identification evidence -- Opinion evidence -- Judgments as evidence of the facts on which they are based -- Privilege and public policy