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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 166 pages, kõrgus x laius: 246x174 mm, kaal: 60 g, 2 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: Beginning the Law
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2014
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415812224
  • ISBN-13: 9780415812221
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 166 pages, kõrgus x laius: 246x174 mm, kaal: 60 g, 2 Tables, black and white
  • Sari: Beginning the Law
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Feb-2014
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 0415812224
  • ISBN-13: 9780415812221
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Whether you’re new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Evidence Law is all about, Beginning Evidence is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running. Starting with the basics and an overview of each topic, it will help you come to terms with the structure, themes and issues of the subject so that you can begin your evidence module with confidence.Adopting a clear and simple approach with legal vocabulary explained in a detailed glossary, Charanjit Singh Landa breaks the subject of Evidence Law down using practical everyday examples to make it understandable for anyone, whatever their background. Diagrams and flowcharts simplify complex issues, important cases are identified and explained and on-the- spot questions help you recognise potential issues or debates within the law so that you can contribute in classes with confidence.Beginning Evidence is an ideal first introduction to the subject for LLB, GDL or ILEX and especially international students, those enrolled on distance learning courses or on other degree programmes.

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"Set out in Singhs excellent text book is another formidable explanation from the Routledge Beginning series of books on the subject here of the Law of Evidence written in easily understandable terms for what can be a very difficult area of law for many to study (and teach)" - Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

Table of cases
xi
Table of legislation
xix
Preface xxiii
Guide to the companion website xxv
1 The law of evidence: An introduction
1(18)
Learning outcomes
1(1)
Introduction: what is evidence law?
1(1)
An exclusionary approach by the English courts
2(1)
Lawyers and evidence
3(1)
Categories of judicial evidence
4(4)
Facts
8(4)
Admissibility, discretionary exclusion and weight
12(1)
The role of the trial judge and jury, and questions of fact and law
13(2)
Occasions where proof is unnecessary
15(1)
Criminal and civil procedure rules
16(1)
Summary
16(1)
Further reading
16(3)
2 The burden and standard of proof
19(18)
Learning outcomes
19(1)
Introduction
19(1)
Types of burdens of proof
19(17)
Summary
36(1)
Further reading
36(1)
3 Witness testimony
37(16)
Learning outcomes
37(1)
Introduction
37(1)
Witness evidence at court
37(1)
The presentation of witness evidence
38(2)
Sworn, unsworn or affirmed evidence
40(2)
Competence and compellability
42(6)
Other factors relating to witnesses
48(3)
Summary
51(1)
Further reading
51(2)
4 Witness evidence: The trial process
53(18)
Learning outcomes
53(1)
Introduction
53(1)
Witness testimony
53(9)
Re-examination
62(1)
Questions by the judge in the interests of justice and jury
63(1)
Previous consistent statements or statements that serve the witness's own purpose
63(2)
Complaints in sexual cases
65(2)
Refreshing the witness's memory
67(2)
Summary
69(1)
Further reading
69(2)
5 The disclosure of evidence
71(18)
Learning outcomes
71(1)
Introduction
71(1)
Disclosure: the general scheme
71(4)
Privilege and public interest immunity
75(13)
Summary
88(1)
Further reading
88(1)
6 Silence, identification, lies and warnings
89(12)
Learning outcomes
89(1)
Introduction
89(1)
Silence
89(6)
Care warnings
95(1)
Eye and earwitnesses
95(1)
Corroboration and lies
96(2)
Summary
98(1)
Further reading
99(2)
7 Hearsay
101(16)
Learning outcomes
101(1)
Introduction
101(1)
Hearsay -- definition and exclusion
101(3)
The Civil Evidence Act 1995
104(1)
The Criminal Justice Act 2003
104(7)
The common law exceptions
111(5)
Summary
116(1)
Further reading
116(1)
8 confessions and other evidence
117(12)
Learning outcomes
117(1)
Introduction
117(1)
Confessions
117(8)
Exclusion of unfair evidence -- S 78 of the PACE Act 1984
125(1)
Exclusion of unfair evidence -- S 58 of the PACE Act 1984
126(1)
Exclusion -- the effect on the proceedings
127(1)
Summary
127(1)
Further reading
128(1)
9 Character evidence
129(22)
Learning outcomes
129(1)
Introduction
129(1)
Character in English criminal law
129(16)
Character in civil proceedings
145(3)
Summary
148(1)
Further reading
149(2)
10 Documentary, real, expert and opinion evidence
151(10)
Learning outcomes
151(1)
Introduction
151(1)
Documentary evidence
151(2)
Real evidence
153(1)
Opinion evidence
153(7)
Summary
160(1)
Further reading
160(1)
Index 161
Dr Charanjit Singh is a Barrister and Head of Undergraduate Studies in Law and Criminology at the University of West Londons Ealing Law School, is well published and has taught in Higher Education for over thirteen years at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.