Evidence of Bad Character

by J.R. Spencer

This is the third edition of J R Spencer's now well established book which seeks to explain this area of law for the benefit of judges, criminal practitioners and academics teaching the law of evidence.
In the past, the rule excluding evidence of the defendant's general bad character and disposition to commit the offence was sometimes described as one of the most hallowed rules of evidence; Lord Sankey, in Maxwell v DPP, referred to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509900047
• ISBN13: 9781509900046
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"