The law of evidence
By: David M. Paciocco, Lee Stuesser
Contributors: Stuesser, Lee
Edition: 6th ed.
Series: Essentials of Canadian law; Essentials of Canadian law
Publisher: Irwin Law
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto, ON
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9781552212189
Subjects: Evidence (Law)
Description: "Paciocco and Stuesser's Law of Evidence, now in its sixth edition, is the most versatile text available on the Canadian law of evidence. The text has been cited and relied upon hundreds of times by courts of all levels across Canada, in both civil and criminal cases. It has also been adapted by the National Judicial Institute for their electronic bench book for trial judges. The new sixth edition carries on the practice in earlier editions of using new appellate level authorities to illustrate the law. Since publication of the fifth edition, the Supreme Court of Canada issued decisions in R. v. Grant and R. v. Harrison which represent a large-scale revision of its section 24(2) jurisprudence. As a result, Chapter 9 of this edition has been thoroughly rewritten in order to fully explore the impact of Grant and Harrison on the discretion to exclude evidence to preserve the fairness of a trial, in the absence of a Charter violation."--Pub. desc.
Notes: Includes table of Canadian evidence acts and table of cases.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The basics of admissibility and the evaluation of evidence; title: Character evidence: primary materiality; title: Hearsay; title: Hearsay exceptions; title: Opinion and expert evidence; title: Privilege; title: Self-incrimination; title: Improperly obtained evidence; title: Methods of presenting evidence; title: Secondary materiality and your own witness; title: Rules relating to the use of admissible evidence; title: Conclusions.