Key Features:- Based on Adrian Zuckerman's Principles of Criminal Evidence, this new book has been completely revised and restructured, and significantly expanded to take full account of major changes to the presumption of innocence, privilege against self-incrimination, hearsay, character, and the law of corroboration
- Comprehensive treatment of the fundamental principles and underlying logic of the law of criminal evidenc
- Assists the student to appreciate the broader moral, theoretical, and political significance of detailed rules of evidence
- Full integration of the European Convention on Human Rights and post-HRA developments to date
Description:
This work offers a critical commentary on the main rules and principles regulating the admission of evidence in English criminal proceedings. Existing legal rules are placed in their theoretical, institutional, procedural, and broader criminal justice context, and reform options are systematically canvassed and examined.
Contents:
A Law of Criminal Evidence
The Framework of Criminal Adjudication:
Trial by Judge and Jury
Fact, Law and Opinion
Relevance, Admissibility and Faire Trial
The Presumption of Innocence and Burdens of Proof
Oral Witness Testimony
Real Evidence, Documents, and Experts
The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination and Confessions
Quantitive Standards and Forensic Reasoning Rules
Character Evidence Hearsay Proof and Justice
- Comprehensive treatment of the fundamental principles and underlying logic of the law of criminal evidenc
- Assists the student to appreciate the broader moral, theoretical, and political significance of detailed rules of evidence
- Full integration of the European Convention on Human Rights and post-HRA developments to date
Description:
This work offers a critical commentary on the main rules and principles regulating the admission of evidence in English criminal proceedings. Existing legal rules are placed in their theoretical, institutional, procedural, and broader criminal justice context, and reform options are systematically canvassed and examined.
Contents:
A Law of Criminal Evidence
The Framework of Criminal Adjudication:
Trial by Judge and Jury
Fact, Law and Opinion
Relevance, Admissibility and Faire Trial
The Presumption of Innocence and Burdens of Proof
Oral Witness Testimony
Real Evidence, Documents, and Experts
The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination and Confessions
Quantitive Standards and Forensic Reasoning Rules
Character Evidence Hearsay Proof and Justice