LA3004 - Evidence
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Law Office |
Available to level 3 LLB students or combined degree students.
The key principles of the law of Evidence in criminal and civil proceedings with particular reference to burden and standard of proof, function of judge and jury, relevance and admissibility, judicial discretion, admissions, hearsay, confessions, circumstantial evidence, similar fact evidence, photographs and tape-recordings, business records, corroboration and privilege.
Learning Outcomes
- to attain at least a basic working knowledge of the key principles of evidence and some practical insights as to how they are applied in the preparation and conduct of criminal and civil proceedings.
| Prerequisites: | (LA2017 and LA2018) and (LA2019 and LA2020) |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Chris Davies |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Chris Davies |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.