Subject description
Students will examine the rules relating to the sources and admissibility of evidence in civil and criminal trials. Topics will include the burden and standard of proof; the examination of witnesses; credibility, character and tendency evidence; documentary evidence; and the rules in relation to opinion evidence, hearsay, confessions and admissions; … For more content click the Read More button below.
Enrolment rules
Pre-Requisite
Equivalence
LLB 301 - Evidence
Tutorial enrolment
Students can enrol online via the Tutorial Enrolment link in SOLS
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Teaching staff
Subject coordinators
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Engagement hours
Contact hours:1 hr Online Lecture, 2 hr Seminar per week
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1.
Explain the nature and sources of the rules of evidence in Australia as they apply to civil and criminal contexts;
2.
Identify and analyse evidentiary issues in legal problem;
3.
Identify and apply the law to factual situations to devise relevant arguments and assess the relative merits of possible arguments; and
4.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the rules, and the manner in which they have been applied by the courts, in relation to the objectives of the law of evidence in an adversarial system.
Assessment details
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Assignment
Final Exam
Work integrated learning
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