00980nam a22001697a 4500008004100000020001500041050001700056100002400073245005400097250001200151260003100163300002400194500005100218505050900269650000900778700002300787121106t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a1859416047  aKD7499.A8551  aAllen, Christopher.  aPractical guide to evidence. /cChristopher Allen  a2nd ed.  aLondon:bCavendish,c2001.  alii, 432 p.:c24cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: 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.  aLaw.  aChritopher, Allen.