Evidence Law Notes

Description

These notes were created from the lectures for the following modules. Module One - Introduction/Background Module Two - Relevance, Admissibility and Weight Module Three - Witnesses: Competence, Compellability and Testimony Module Four - The rule against hearsay and res gestae Module Five- Opinion Evidence, Including Identity Evidence Module Six - Admissions Formal, Informal and Vicarious Module Seven - Confessions and Corroboration Module Eight - Circumstantial and Character Evidence Module Nine - Documentary and Real Evidence Module Ten - Privilege and Use of Evidence in Court Module Eleven - Social and Ethical Issues in Evidence Please note these notes are very comprehensive and include various case summaries and paragraphs quoted from judicial decisions to aid in understanding (hence the page length). I ended up with a 7 in this subject. For the exam I used only these notes scored a 6.