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• Title:The law of evidence in Canada / Sidney N. Lederman (formerly of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario), Alan W. Bryant (formerly of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario), Michelle K. Fuerst (Superior Court of Justice for Ontario).
  
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• Variant Title:Sopinka, Lederman & Bryant : the law of evidence in Canada
  
• Author/Creator:Lederman, Sidney N., 1943- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Bryant, Alan W., 1943- author.
  Fuerst, Michelle K., author.
  Sopinka, John, 1933-1997 author.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario : LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2018.
  ©2018
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KE8440 .S67 2018
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Evidence (Law)--Canada.
  
• Edition:Fifth edition.
  
• Description:cliv, 1, 547 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"[This book offers] coverage of the Canadian law of evidence, and has been updated to include significant recent developments. It is the only major Canadian treatise with in-depth coverage of both civil and criminal evidence."-- Publisher's website.
  
• Notes:First edition authored by John Sopinka.
  Includes table of cases.
  Includes table of legislation.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780433493624 (hardback)
  0433493623 (hardback)
  
• Contents:Foundational principles of evidence and the importance of evidentiary rulings in context
  Types of evidence and conditions for the receipt of evidence
  Evidential burden and burden of proof
  Presumptions
  Standards of proof
  Hearsay
  Self-serving evidence
  Confessions
  Illegally obtained evidence
  Character evidence
  Similar fact evidence
  Opinion evidence
  Competence and compellability of witnesses
  Privilege
  Public interest immunity
  The examination of witnesses
  Corroboration
  Documentary evidence
  Rules dispensing with or facilitating proof.