The Internationalisation of Criminal Evidence: Beyond the Common Law and Civil Law Traditions

by John D. Jackson and Sarah J. Summers

Book Overview

Although there are many texts on the law of evidence, surprisingly few are devoted specifically to the comparative and international aspects of the subject. The traditional view that the law of evidence belongs within the common law tradition has obscured the reality that a genuinely cosmopolitan law of evidence is being developed in criminal cases across the common law and civil law traditions. By considering the extent to which a coherent body of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521688477
• ISBN13: 9780521688475
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.6"