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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pagaes)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474414777
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • KDC934 .S368 2018
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Contents:
Peter R. Duff, Pamela R. Ferguson -- 1. Cadder and beyond: suspects' rights and the public interest / Claire McDiarmid -- 2. 'Access to justice' for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish government's case to abolish corroboration / Ilona Cairns -- 3. The relevance of sexual history and vulnerability in the prosecution of sexual offences / Liz Campbell, Sharon Cowan -- 4. 'Similar fact' evidence and Moorov: time for rationalisation? / Fraser P. Davidson -- 5. Hearsay in Scots law: rethinking and reforming / Gerry Maher -- 6. Eyewitness identification evidence and its problems: recommendations for change / Pamela R. Ferguson -- 7. Assessing witness credibility and reliability: engaging experts and disengaging Gage? / Donald Nicolson, Derek P. Auchie -- 8. The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? / James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick, Shona W. Stark -- 9. Scottish criminal evidence law adrift? / Peter R. Duff.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / Peter R. Duff, Pamela R. Ferguson -- 1. Cadder and beyond: suspects' rights and the public interest / Claire McDiarmid -- 2. 'Access to justice' for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish government's case to abolish corroboration / Ilona Cairns -- 3. The relevance of sexual history and vulnerability in the prosecution of sexual offences / Liz Campbell, Sharon Cowan -- 4. 'Similar fact' evidence and Moorov: time for rationalisation? / Fraser P. Davidson -- 5. Hearsay in Scots law: rethinking and reforming / Gerry Maher -- 6. Eyewitness identification evidence and its problems: recommendations for change / Pamela R. Ferguson -- 7. Assessing witness credibility and reliability: engaging experts and disengaging Gage? / Donald Nicolson, Derek P. Auchie -- 8. The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? / James Chalmers, Fiona Leverick, Shona W. Stark -- 9. Scottish criminal evidence law adrift? / Peter R. Duff.

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