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Evidence: A Canadian Casebook, 2nd Edition, Hamish Stewart, Marilyn Pilkington, Renalda Murphy, Steven Penney, James Stribopoulos
Evidence: A Canadian Casebook, 2nd Edition, Hamish Stewart, Marilyn Pilkington, Renalda Murphy, Steven Penney, James Stribopoulos
Marilyn L. Pilkington
In most law school courses, the facts of the cases studied are taken as a given: the facts of they are presented as found by a trial court or tribunal or as understood by an appellate court. The law of evidence is concerned with how facts are established in legal proceedings. In most contested cases, the parties offer different versions of the facts. The law of evidence establishes rules and principles that govern how the parties may try to establish their versions of the facts, and the reasoning by which the trier may determine the facts. These materials are intended …
Evidence: A Canadian Casebook, 3rd Edition, Hamish Stewart, Renalda Murphy, Steven Penney, Marilyn Pilkington, James Stribopoulos
Evidence: A Canadian Casebook, 3rd Edition, Hamish Stewart, Renalda Murphy, Steven Penney, Marilyn Pilkington, James Stribopoulos
Marilyn L. Pilkington
Designed to meet the needs of second-year and third-year courses in evidence, the third edition of Evidence: A Canadian Casebook investigates the rules and principles that govern how facts are established in legal proceedings. The author team, consisting of well-respected scholars from a number of Canadian law schools, has developed a casebook that sets itself apart from other resources by weaving a single case study — inspired by an actual murder prosecution — throughout the entire text. At the end of each chapter, the authors introduce new developments in the case study, and students are asked to apply what they …