Walker and Walker
Law of Evidence in Scotland
3rd Edition
Published on 1. February 2009
Book
Hardback
596 pages
978-1-84592-165-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with Scots Law. The only dedicated text on the Scottish Law of evidence, the new edition offers a summary of the current law unrivalled by any other work. It covers all the main areas of this important subject and is fully updated to take account of all legislative and case law developments.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Haywards Heath
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 248 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84592-165-1 (9781845921651)
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Other editions
New editions
Margaret Ross | James Chalmers
Walker and Walker: The Law of Evidence in Scotland
Book
02/2015
4th Edition
Bloomsbury Professional
€232.14
Article is exhausted; no reprint
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Content
Contents: Chapter 1: Admissibility and Relevancy of Evidence Chapter 2: Burden of Proof Chapter 3: Proof - Presumptions Chapter 4: Standard of Proof - Differences between Averment and Proof Chapter 5: Sufficiency of Evidence Chapter 6: Circumstantial Evidence - Examples of its Nature and Effect Chapter 7: Relevancy of Evidence - Character and Collateral Issues Chapter 8: Hearsay Chapter 9: Admissibility of Evidence of Extra-Judicial Admissions and Confessions Chapter 10: Confidentiality Chapter 11: Proof - Where Evidence is Excluded Chapter 12: Oral Evidence - General Chapter 13: Oral Evidence - Specialities of Witnesses Chapter 14: Evidence on Commission Chapter 15: Affidavits, Reports and Dying Depositions Chapter 16: Opinion Evidence Chapter 17: Access to Witnesses and Securing Their Attendance Chapter 18: Real Evidence Chapter 19: Public and Official Documents Chapter 20: Proof of Terms of Documents Not Produced Chapter 21: Recovery and Production of Documents Chapter 22: Requirements of Writing for Self-Proving or Probative Deeds Chapter 23: Matters that Required Writing for their Constitution and Proof before 1 August 1995 Chapter 24: Informal Writings before 1 August 1995 in Commercial Matters and in Proof of Obligations Generally Chapter 25: Proof of Actings to Perfect Proof of Obligations - Personal Bar, Rei Interventus and Homologation Chapter 26: Evidence Extrinsic to Writings Chapter 27: Proof in Family Actions Chapter 28: Proof in Proceedings Concerning Children - Public Law