TY - BOOK AU - Raymond Emson TI - Evidence (Palgrave Law Masters)  SN - 9780230272682  U1 - 347.4206 PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke : PB - Palgrave Macmillan, N1 - Introduction.- Preliminaries.- Relevance and Admissibility.- Proof and Presumptions.- The Hearsay Rule.- The Trial.- Privilege.- Inferences from Silence.- Confessions (and Informal Admissions).- Evidence Obtained by Unlawful or Unfair Means.- Safeguards against Unreliability and Error.- Opinion Evidence.- Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule.- Hearsay in Civil Proceedings.- The Accused's Character.- Extraneous Sexual Behaviour.- Disclosure and Public Interest Immunity N2 - From DNA profiling to consideration of the accused's previous conduct, the law of evidence is a fascinating amalgam of logic, common sense, philosophy and tactics. Evidence explains the fundamentals and looks at the principles behind it. ER -