Evidence

Combining text and excerpts from leading cases with commentary and thought-provoking problem scenarios, this work continues to be a comprehensive resource on the law of evidence for both students and practitioners.

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.

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.