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Reform Of The Law Of Evidence In Criminal Cases, J. A. Coutts Sep 1973

Reform Of The Law Of Evidence In Criminal Cases, J. A. Coutts

Dalhousie Law Journal

Events surrounding the recent proposals for the reform of the English law of evidence in criminal cases may be thought to afford a cautionary tale, indicating the wrong way to engage in public debate upon such matters. In 1964, the Home Secretary asked the Criminal Law Revision Committee to review the law of evidence in criminal cases. Before its Report1 was published (some eight years later), and, indeed, before the Home Secretary had himself received it, there occurred a flood of critical comment in the Press and on radio and television, and questions in Parliament, on what were thought (not …


Evidence--Presumptions--Application Of The Deadly Weapons Presumption In West Virginia, John P. Carter Apr 1973

Evidence--Presumptions--Application Of The Deadly Weapons Presumption In West Virginia, John P. Carter

West Virginia Law Review

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