Court Process, Evidence and Proof - JURD7251
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Crime and Criminal Process (LAWS1021/JURD7121) and Criminal Laws (LAWS1022/JURD7122).
Excluded: JURD7221, LAWS2321, LAWS2351
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
- The criminal trial, fundamental principles, accusatorialism and the presumption of innocence
- Indictments and criminal pleadings
- Screening weak cases and disclosure
- Pre-trial and trial prosecutorial obligations;
- The jury, judges proof
- Fair trials, rationalism
- Relevance
- Discretionary and mandatory exclusions;
- The witness in the box (testimonial competence and compellability, communication, questioning witnesses in court (examination in chief, cross examination, reexamination, unfavourable witnesses, credibility attacks on witnesses)
- The hearsay rule and its exceptions
- Identification Evidence
- Evidence of Opinion
- The accused (as a witness, his/her right to silence, character, tendency and coincidence evidence)
- Unreliable evidence, judicial directions and warnings.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.