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Prerequisites and/or Corequisites

Prerequisite: Legal Method and Reasoning or equivalent subjects

Generic Skills

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 including formulating a theory of the case; describing the inferences relied upon; and assessing the quality of the proof.  It also deals with central topics in the law of evidence, including relevance and discretionary exclusion; hearsay: the exclusionary rule and exceptions to the rule; opinion evidence; credibility evidence; evidence of other misconduct by the defendant; criminal investigation; and admissions.

In the new LLB curriculum, Evidence and Proof will be referred to as "quasi-compulsory" so as to reflect the fact that it is a subject that students must complete in order to be eligible for admission to practice.

Points: 12.5

Mode of delivery: Seminars

Contact hours: 1st Sem: 3 hrs per week; Summer: Intensive format

Estimated Total Time Commitment: 144 Hours