Special Lectures 2003. The Law of Evidence
- Publisher:
- Irwin Law Inc.
- Publication date:
- 2004-08-31
- Authors:
- Law Society of Upper Canada
- ISBN:
- 9781459313736
Description:
There have been many legal and technological developments since the Law Society of Upper Canada last presented its Special Lectures in Evidence almost ten years ago. Special Lectures 2003: The Law of Evidence examines evidentiary issues of current relevance to barristers involved in every type of litigious matter.
Index
- Preliminary Sections
- Preface
- The Admissibility of Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: A Principled Approach in a Post-Charter World
- The Hearsay Exceptions: A Game of 'Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Issues of Evidence in a Class Action: An Introduction and Overview
- Privilege in Civil Cases Revisited
- Problems of Process in Litigating Privilege Claims Under the Flexible Wigmore Model
- The Law of Evidence and the Charter
- Impact of the Charter on the Law of Evidence
- Lowering the Threshold for Admissibility of Defence Evidence in a Criminal Case
- The Uses and Abuses of Demonstrative Evidence
- Demonstrative Evidence: Uses and Abuses
- Similar Fact Evidence
- Browne v. Dunn and Similar Fact Evidence: Isles of Change in a Calm Civil Evidence Sea
- Balancing Probabilities: The Overlooked Complexity of the Civil Standard of Proof
- Judges as Gatekeepers: The Admissibility of Scientific Evidence Based on Novel Theories
- Opinion Evidence: General Principles and More
- Evidence in Charter Cases
- Judicial Notice: How Much Is Too Much?
- The Right Against Self-Incrimination
- Cross-Examination
- Table of Cases
- Index