LLAW3322 Evidence

Associate Professor Kris Wilson

2021

4.5

1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
1 x 1-hour on-line lecture weekly

^ = May be enrolled concurrently

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2 1 of LLAW1311, LLAW1213
3 1 of LLAW1312, LLAW1211
4 3 of LLAW1323, LLAW2311, LLAW2312, LLAW1314
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LLAW3223 has been successfully completed

This topic involves a learning of the laws of evidence as they apply in civil and criminal trials in South Australia. While the central focus will be on the common law and the Evidence Act 1929 (SA), students will also be introduced to the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth). In addition to the law of evidence, the topic will also address ethics, the adversarial trial and the diversity of evidence. The topic content tracks the requirements of the Uniform Admission Rules (Priestley requirements).

This topic aims to:

Assist students to understand the laws of evidence as they apply in civil and criminal trials in South Australia, with a focus on the common law and the Evidence Act 1929 (SA)
Introduce students to the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth)
Cover the fields of evidence law listed in the Uniform Admission Rules (Priestley requirements)
Address ethics and the adversary trial and the diversity of evidence
Teach students to analyse and evaluate evidence-based problems so they may create solutions based on accepted principle

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Identify information which is and is not relevant to a material fact in issue
Describe the specific use(s) for which information is offered
Articulate the chain of reasoning which makes information relevant (or not) to the resolution of issues in a trial
Select and apply appropriate exclusionary rules on the matters listed in the Uniform Admission Rules (Priestly requirements)
Choose, analyse and apply the correct cases and statutes to a particular evidential issue
Recognise the impact of personal characteristics and social attitudes on evidentiary issues
Critique the evolution and application of the law of evidence in a social and cultural context

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