Evidence

Chapters include: The basics of admissibility and the evaluation of evidence - Character evidence : primary materiality - Hearsay - Opinion and expert evidence - Privileges, protections, and immunities - Self-incrimination - Improperly obtained evidence - Methods of presenting evidence - Evidence about credibility and reliability - Secondary materiality and your own witness - Rules relating to the use of admissible evidence - Table of Canadian Evidence Acts - Table of cases.

Also available in print at KE8440 .L43 2022 LAW (Reserve).

This new edition of the seminal work offers current and in-depth coverage of the Canadian law of evidence, and has been updated to include significant recent developments. It is the only major Canadian treatise with in-depth coverage of both civil and criminal evidence.

The text offers a clear and concise explanation of the different types of evidence admissible in criminal cases, the rules excluding certain categories of evidence, and the exceptions to those rules.

This text brings together fifteen leading scholars across the world to explore and debate the latest developments in evidence and proof scholarship.

This volume presents a cross-disciplinary overview of central issues in the theory and methodology of legal evidence and covers a wide range of contemporary debates on topics such as truth, proof, economics, gender, and race. The volume covers different theoretical approaches to legal evidence, including the Bayesian approach, scenario theory and inference to the best explanation.