
Evidence
Roderick Munday(Author)
Oxford University Press
5th Edition
Published on 9. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
704 pages
978-0-19-955433-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Core Text series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law. Munday's Evidence provides students with a succinct, yet thought-provoking, introduction to all of the key areas covered on undergraduate law of evidence courses. Vibrant and engagingly written, this book sets out to demystify a traditionally intimidating area of law. Probing analysis of the issues, both historical and topical, ensures that this text contains a thorough exploration of the 'core' of the subject. Online Resource Centre This book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre, containing twice-yearly updates to the text, and a useful list of web links.
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Series
Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
981 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-955433-1 (9780199554331)
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Previous edition

Roderick Munday
Evidence
Book
05/2007
4th Edition
Oxford University Press
€27.22
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Content
1. Relevance and admissibility of evidence; 2. Presumptions and the burden of proof; 3. Witnesses: competence, compellability and various privileges; 4. The course of the trial; 5. Witnesses' previous consistent statements and the remnants of the rule against narrative; 6. Character and credibility; 7. Evidence of the defendant's bad character; 8. The opinion rule and the presentation of expert evidence; 9. The rule against hearsay; 10. Confessions; 11. Drawing adverse inferences from a defendant's omissions, lies or false alibis; 12. Identification evidence; 13. Documents