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LAW 436 Law of Evidence II

400 levelLaw10 topics

LAW 436 covers 10 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Character evidence
  2. Opinion and expert evidence
  3. The hearsay rule and its exceptions
  4. Estoppel
  5. Competence and compellability of witnesses
  6. Privilege
  7. Corroboration
  8. Burden and standard of proof
  9. Documentary evidence
  10. Customary and Islamic law of evidence

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Character evidence

Character evidence concerns the use of a person’s disposition, reputation, or previous conduct to suggest whether that person acted in a particular way or deserves belief. For examination purposes, the key is to master the general rule that character evidence is often restricted, the main exceptions in criminal and civil proceedings, and the distinction between the character of an accused, a witness, and other…

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