Unlocking Evidence (Unlocking the Law) - Softcover

Landa, Charanjit Singh, Dr.; Ramjohn, Mohamed

 
9781444171037: Unlocking Evidence (Unlocking the Law)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1444171038 ISBN 13: 9781444171037
Verlag: Hodder Education, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Unlocking Evidence will ensure that you grasp the main concepts with ease providing you with an indispensable foundation in the subject. The book explains in detailed, yet straightforward, terms:

  • The burdens and standards of proof
  • Testimony of witnesses
  • Disclosure of evidence and protection from disclosure; privilege and public interest immunity
  • Course of trial
  • Hearsay
  • Confessions and other illegally obtained evidence
  • Evidence of bad character in criminal proceedings
  • Admissibility of bad character evidence of defendants
  • Corroboration, lies, care warnings and identification evidence
  • Opinion, documentary and real evidence

    This second edition is fully up-to-date with the latest changes in the law and now includes discussion of witness anonymity, an expanded section on special measures, more detail on illegally obtained evidence, plus discussion of the context of the law, such as an increasing emphasis on victims.

    The Unlocking the Law series is designed specifically to make the law accessible. Each chapter opens with a list of aims and objectives, contains activities such as quick quizzes and self-test questions, key facts charts to consolidate your knowledge, and diagrams to aid learning. Cases and judgments are prominently displayed, as are primary source quotations. Summaries help check your understanding of each chapter, there is a glossary of legal terminology. New features include problem questions with guidance on answering, as well as essay questions and answer plans, plus cases and materials exercises.

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    Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

    Dr Charanjit Singh is a barrister and Field Leader Law and Criminology, University of West London

    Mohamed Ramjohn LLM, JP, is a barrister and Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of West London

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    Verlag
    Hodder Education
    Erscheinungsdatum
    2013
    Sprache
    Englisch
    ISBN 10 
    1444171038
    ISBN 13 
    9781444171037
    Einband
    Taschenbuch
    Anzahl der Seiten
    368
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