Scottish Evidence Law Essentials

✍ Scribed by James Chalmers

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Series: Edinburgh Law Essentials
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Your guide to the Scots Law of Evidence, fully updated with the latest statues and case law

• A handy overview of everything you need to know for your Scots law evidence course
• Includes helpful student features like Essential Facts and Essential Cases for each chapter

New for this edition

• Updated to take account of case law developments since the last edition
• Covers the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2014, the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 and changes made to the law on vulnerable witnesses by the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2014

Discover how the law of evidence operates within Scotland, and in the larger context of UK and European laws of evidence. This new edition has been fully updated with the latest case and statute law developments, and will prove to be a useful quick reference for Scots law students and professionals alike.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
1 Introduction and Overview
2 Burdens and Standards of Proof
3 Presumptions
4 Sufficiency of Evidence: the Corroboration Rule
5 The Rule Against Hearsay
6 The “Best Evidence” Rule
7 Confessions and Statements Against Interest
8 Improperly Obtained Real and Documentary Evidence
9 Character and Collateral Evidence
10 Privilege
11 Opinion Evidence
12 Judicial Knowledge
13 Judicial Admissions
14 Res Judicata
15 Specialities of Witnesses
16 The Conduct of a Trial or Proof
Index