Core Text: Evidence 6th Edition

Author: Roderick Munday
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199600502
Published In: April 2011
Format: Paperback
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A succint and easily digestible introduction, this is the ideal text for students who find evidence a challenging subject.
Though concise, this book offers probing discussion of topical or complex areas, ensuring that it remains a stimulating companion to a student's course of study.
The author's engaging writing style sustains the interest of the reader at all times.
Each chapter begins with a useful summary of its contents, enabling easy navigation of the text, and ends with self-test questions to check understanding and stimulate analysis.
New to this edition

All material of the previous edition has been fully updated to reflect changes in the field.
Significant new coverage of hearsay evidence, including R v. Horncastle and Al-Khawaja v. UK.
A fresh look at 'Low Template' DNA evidence, with consideration of R v. Reed.
New commentary on expert witnesses' immunity from suit and coverage of the replacement of Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008 by Coroners and Justice Act.
The Core Text Series takes the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing a reliable and invaluable guide for students of law at all levels. Written by leading academics and renowned for their clarity, these concise texts explain the intellectual challenges of each area of the law.

Munday's Evidence provides students with a succinct yet thought-provoking, introduction to all of the key areas covered on undergraduate law of evidence courses. Vibrant and engaging, this book sets out to demystify a traditionally intimidating area of law. Probing analysis of the issues, both historical and current, ensures that this text contains a thorough exploration of the 'core' of the subject.

Readership: Undergraduates studying an optional module on Evidence, and postgraduates studying evidence as part of a vocational course. Practitioners wishing to reacquaint themselves with the law of evidence may also find this text useful.

1: Relevance and admissibility of evidence

2: Presumptions and the burden of proof

3: Witnesses: competence, compellability and various privileges

4: The course of the trial

5: Witnesses' previous consistent statements and the remnants of the rule against narrative

6: Character and credibility

7: Evidence of the defendant's bad character

8: The opinion rule and the presentation of expert evidence

9: The rule against hearsay

10: Confessions

11: Drawing adverse inferences from a defendant's omissions, lies or false alibis

12: Identification evidence

13: Documents;

Roderick Munday, Reader in Law, University of Cambridge

Dr Roderick Munday is currently a Reader in Law at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at the Université Panthéon-Assa, Paris II. He is also Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Peterhouse, Cambridge and is Editor-in-Chief of the Justice of the Peace Reports. He has written and lectured extensively on the law of evidence.