Scottish Criminal Evidence Law : : Current Developments and Future Trends / / Peter Duff, Pamela R. Ferguson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Duff, Peter,; Ferguson, Pamela R.,
• MitwirkendeR: Auchie, Derek P.,; Cairns, Ilona,; Campbell, Liz,; Chalmers, James,; Cowan, Sharon,; Davidson, Fraser P.,; Duff, Peter R.,; Ferguson, Pamela R.,; Leverick, Fiona,; Maher, Gerry Q. C.,; McDiarmid, Claire,; Nicolson, Donald,; Stark, Shona W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 1 B/W tables

Analyses the recent, sweeping changes to Scottish criminal evidence law and what they entail Scottish criminal evidence law has recently undergone major, primarily reactive changes, with more reform on the way. These ad hoc developments are fundamentally altering the basic principles of Scottish cri...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• The contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• Introduction
• 1. Cadder and beyond: suspects’ rights and the public interest
• 2. ‘Access to justice’ for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish Government’s case to abolish corroboration
• 3. The relevance of sexual history and vulnerability in the prosecution of sexual offences
• 4. ‘Similar fact’ evidence and Moorov: time for rationalisation?
• 5. Hearsay in Scots law: rethinking and reforming
• 6. Eyewitness identification evidence and its problems: recommendations for change
• 7. Assessing witness credibility and reliability: engaging experts and disengaging Gage?
• 8. The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn?
• 9. Scottish criminal evidence law adrift?
• Bibliography
• Index