Coordinator:  Associate Professor Andrew Palmer    Telephone:  83447296    Office:   Room 0853    Email:   Click here to email Andrew Palmer

 

Prerequisites and/or Corequisites

Prerequisites: History and Philosophy of Law I, History and Philosophy of Law II, Torts and the Process of Law I, Torts and the Process of Law II

Description

This subject is concerned with the way that lawyers analyse facts, and also with the legal rules that apply to their admissibility as items of evidence in legal cases. The subject deals with the factual analysis of evidence and central topics in the law of evidence, such as investigation; gathering evidence; interrogation and confession; hearsay; the exclusionary rule; exceptions of the rule; opinion evidence; tendency and coincidence evidence; and credibility evidence.

Points: 12.5

Contact hours: 3 hours per week and intensive

Estimated Total Time Commitment: 120 Hours