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Book Review: The Elements of Evidence

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DOI10.1177/002201839606000310
Published date01 August 1996
Date01 August 1996
Subject MatterBook Review
Journal
of
Criminal Law
The Elements
of
Evidence (2nd ed) By
MICHAEL
STOCKDALE
AND
CHRISTINA
McALHONE.
Newcastle. Northumbria Law Press. Price £16.95 (PB)
Evidence remains a difficult subject. Is a particular statement hearsay? Are we
certain it is not? If it is, does it matter anymore? Is it admissible anyway? This is
a helpful book for the student, and an aide-memo ire for the practitioner being
large enough to contain the principal rules
of
evidence with commentary and
reference to cases and yet small enough to be slipped into a briefcase and taken to
court or office.
It
is ambitiously produced and competitively priced, nearly 400
pages
of
text for less than £17. The layout could be easier on the eye, and proof
reading has left something to be
desired-one
of the paragraphs on p 170 seems
to make little sense as printed. But these are minor quibbles. The approach to the
subject adopted by the two authors is appealing, and the book deserves a wide
readership.
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