| Description |
1 online resource (1536 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Full Title -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Cases -- Table of Statutes -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One: The Fundamental Principles -- A Procedural Perspective -- The object of procedural rules -- The nature of material facts: past events -- Discovering Past Events -- The correspondence theory of knowledge -- The inferential process: Wigmorean analysis -- Probability theory -- Outline -- Mathematical probabilities -- Classical probabilities -- Frequency probabilities -- Subjective probabilities -- The equations of mathematical probability |
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Problems with conceptualising probabilities mathematically -- Mathematical probabilities and the standard of proof -- The non-mathematical approach: 'inductive probabilities' and 'best explanations' -- A correct probability approach? -- The Procedural Environment -- General considerations -- The common law adversary trial -- Structuring the Rules of Evidence -- Synopsis -- Chapter Two: The Trial Process -- The Process in Outline -- Sources of process -- The ambit of process -- Pre-trial process -- Trial process -- Appeal -- Following verdict -- Interlocutory appeals in criminal cases |
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The Essential Tasks of the Trial Court -- The reception of evidence -- Two fundamental principles -- The nature of relevance -- Relevance and admissibility -- Discretion -- Nature and function at trial -- The residual exclusionary discretions -- Efficiency, time and cost -- Fairness -- Public policy -- Determining the reception of tendered evidence -- Party waiver of rules of admissibility -- A 'case to answer' -- Proof -- Degrees of proof -- The civil standard: balance of probabilities -- The criminal standard: beyond reasonable doubt -- Distinguishing the civil and criminal standards |
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Directing the jury on the criminal standard -- To which facts does the criminal standard apply? -- Challenging unreasonable verdicts and applying the proviso -- Proof on the voir dire -- Conclusion: the inductive approach -- The Ambit of Evidential Rules -- Chapter Three: Character -- Introduction -- Common law approaches to unreliable evidence -- Character evidence: one exclusionary principle -- Character defined in terms of propensity/tendency -- Reasons for excluding evidence of propensity/tendency -- The multi-relevance of character evidence |
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Prosecution Evidence Revealing the Accused's Incriminating Propensity or Tendency -- The law in principle -- an exclusionary presumption -- The evolution of the common law exclusionary rule -- The ambit of the common law exclusionary rule -- Discreditable conduct -- Discreditable conduct tendered as propensity -- Relationship evidence -- Other non-propensity uses -- HML v R: the ambit unresolved -- Justifying exceptional admissibility -- Justification in principle -- Striking similarity -- Specifying a required probative value: the Pfennig test -- Applying the Pfennig test |
| Summary |
This comprehensive book provides a clear explanation of the operative rules of evidence in all Australian jurisdictions by reference to their underlying andunifying principles, providing the necessaryframework to understand and addressevidential issues |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Conclusion: the common law rule and the exclusionary principle |
| Subject |
Evidence (Law) -- Australia -- Cases
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Evidence (Law)
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Australia
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edmond, Gary
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| ISBN |
9780409333671 |
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0409333670 |
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