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.

"Contains an annotated version of the Canada Evidence Act".
"A selection of important statutes and regulations related to the practice of criminal law.".
"The purpose of this companion book to Martin's Annual Criminal Code is to collect ... significant non-Criminal Code penal statutes."

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.