Law of Confessions

The law relating to confessions in Malaysia is to be found essentially in two statutes, the Evidence Act 1950 and the Criminal Procedure Code. It covers the recording and admissibility of cautioned statements made by the accused, which often come into issue in a criminal trial. 

While the Malaysian law in this area has developed significantly over the years, the effect and influence of cases from jurisdictions as diverse as India, Brunei, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom and even Canada cannot be denied. In Law of Confessions, the author pulls together the collective wisdom of a wide array of judicial decisions to put together a highly insightful exposition of the law relating to confessions. The book provides an organised legal tour of the statutory materials and the corpus of the case law relating to the meaning, relevance, admissibility and procedure for the recording of confessions. 

This book will be useful as a ready source of reference and consultation, not only for the law student, but also for those involved in teaching the law of evidence. It is a valuable guide to a fresh legal practitioner, whether prosecutor or defence counsel. Busy judges will no doubt find it useful for the rich source of reference.

Readership
Criminal practitioners, prosecutors, academicians and students