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This book sets out the basic principles of the Law of Evidence in Hong Kong, for both criminal and civil legal proceedings. To a large extent, the laws in Hong Kong still resemble those of England and Wales prior to the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China on 1 July 1997. However, the evidentiary principles and rules of Hong Kong law are not simply a derivative of English law; the Hong Kong Law of Evidence has also been guided in its development by comparable legal reforms in other commonwealth jurisdictions, notably Canada and Australia. These, and other unique developments with regard to the Law of Evidence in Hong Kong are fully reflected in this text.

This book is the second volume in a series on criminal justice in Hong Kong - the other titles being on criminal procedure and criminal law (general principles and specific offences). The cross-references in the three volumes underscore the practical and theoretical interplay between the three subject areas, which will prove indispensable for academics, students, and practitioners alike.
- Bird’s eye view of the present analogous legal position in the laws of England and Wales, and other jurisdictions, analogous comparative perspectives is to offer the reader a richer and more contextualised understanding of the Law of Evidence in Hong Kong
- detailed exposition on the Hong Kong Law of Evidence - is methodically disseminated across fourteen chapters and 5 Parts
- Part A: General Principles of the Law of Evidence
- Part B: The Admissibility and Relevance of Evidence
- Part C: The Exclusion of Relevant Evidence
- Part D: Hearsay
- Part E: Types of Evidence
Chapter 1 – An Introduction to the Law of Evidence
Chapter 2 – Proof Without Evidence
Chapter 3 – The Admissibility and Relevance f Evidence
Chapter 4 – Character Evidence
Chapter 5 – Opinion Evidence
Chapter 6 – Similar Fact evidence and Previous Consistent and Inconsistent Statements
Chapter 7 – Informal Admissions and Confessions
Chapter 8 – Public Interest Immunity and Private Privilege
Chapter 9 – The Exclusion of Relevant Evidence
Chapter 10 – Hearsay
Chapter 11 – Type of Evidence
Chapter 12 – Forensic Evidence
Chapter 13 – Witnesses
Chapter 14 – The Evaluation of Evidence
Andra le Roux-Kemp

Andra le Roux-Kemp is an Associate Professor at the Lincoln Law School, University of Lincoln (UK). Her scholarship centres on the situatedness of law and explores the theoretical and practical dynamics of legal change in its various spatial and temporal localities. She was awarded a Y-rating as a Promising Young Researcher by the National Research Foundation of South Africa in 2016, and is, at the time of this publication, finalising a transdisciplinary and mixed-method study on the recognition of remorse in law, as part of a research project funded by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council.