71216 Law of Evidence

6cp
Requisite(s): 70217 Criminal Law AND 70516c Equity and Trusts
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Subject coordinator: C Ying

This subject deals with adjectival law and the determination of how information may be presented to the court in litigation, when such information is admissible in evidence, and how the rules of proof are applied. The inclusionary rule of relevance, the various exclusionary rules (such as hearsay, opinion, tendency, coincidence, credibility, character, privilege), and the judicial discretion to exclude are studied, as well as the incidence of the burden of proof.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $1,021.25
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,310.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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