Scottish criminal evidence law : current developments and future trends /
Scottish criminal evidence law : current developments and future trends /
edited by Peter Duff, Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Aberdeen, and Pamela R Ferguson, Professor of Scots Law, University of Dande.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pagaes)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1. Cadder and beyond: suspects' rights and the public interest / 2. 'Access to justice' for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish government's case to abolish corroboration / 3. The relevance of sexual history and vulnerability in the prosecution of sexual offences / 4. 'Similar fact' evidence and Moorov: time for rationalisation? / 5. Hearsay in Scots law: rethinking and reforming / 6. Eyewitness identification evidence and its problems: recommendations for change / 7. Assessing witness credibility and reliability: engaging experts and disengaging Gage? / 8. The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? / 9. Scottish criminal evidence law adrift? / Peter R. Duff, Pamela R. Ferguson -- Claire McDiarmid -- Ilona Cairns -- Liz Campbell, Sharon Cowan -- Fraser P. Davidson -- Gerry Maher -- Pamela R. Ferguson -- Donald Nicolson, Derek P. Auchie -- James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick, Shona W. Stark -- Peter R. Duff.
9781474414777
Evidence, Criminal--Scotland.
Criminal procedure--Scotland.
Electronic Books.
KDC934 / .S368 2018
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / 1. Cadder and beyond: suspects' rights and the public interest / 2. 'Access to justice' for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish government's case to abolish corroboration / 3. The relevance of sexual history and vulnerability in the prosecution of sexual offences / 4. 'Similar fact' evidence and Moorov: time for rationalisation? / 5. Hearsay in Scots law: rethinking and reforming / 6. Eyewitness identification evidence and its problems: recommendations for change / 7. Assessing witness credibility and reliability: engaging experts and disengaging Gage? / 8. The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? / 9. Scottish criminal evidence law adrift? / Peter R. Duff, Pamela R. Ferguson -- Claire McDiarmid -- Ilona Cairns -- Liz Campbell, Sharon Cowan -- Fraser P. Davidson -- Gerry Maher -- Pamela R. Ferguson -- Donald Nicolson, Derek P. Auchie -- James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick, Shona W. Stark -- Peter R. Duff.
9781474414777
Evidence, Criminal--Scotland.
Criminal procedure--Scotland.
Electronic Books.
KDC934 / .S368 2018