Practical guide to evidence. /
Christopher Allen
- 2nd ed.
- London: Cavendish, 2001.
- lii, 432 p.: 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Development and current objectives -- Competence and compellability -- The Course of testimony -- Burden and standard of proof and presumptions -- Hearsay: The Scope of the rule -- Hearsay exceptions -- Hazardous evidence -- Confessions and ill- gotten evidence -- Similar fact evidence -- Character evidence -- Opinion evidence -- Privilege and public interest immunity -- Facts not requiring proof -- Judicial findings as evidence -- Estoppel -- Documentary and real evidence.