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100 _aRaymond Emson
245 0 _aEvidence (Palgrave Law Masters) /
_cRaymond Emson
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aBasingstoke :
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2011.
300 _aLIII, 541 p. ; 25 cm.
505 _aIntroduction.- 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.
520 _aFrom 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.
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