| Description |
1 online resource (315 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Prelims; Contributors; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Introduction; 2. 'Kicking and Screaming': The Slow Road to Best Evidence; 3. Alternative Routes: Other Accusatorial Jurisdictions on the Slow Road to Best Evidence; 4. Children's Evidence in Legal Proceedings -- The Position in Western Australia; 5. Cross-Examining the Child Complainant: Rights, Innovations and Unfounded Fears in the Australian Context; 6. An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Reform of Criminal Procedure for Child Witnesses in New Zealand; 7. Child Witnesses in Austria; 8. The Position in Norway. |
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9. ConclusionsReport of The Advisory Group on Video Evidence; Index. |
| Summary |
In 1989, the Pigot Committee proposed a scheme in which the whole of a young child's evidence, cross-examination and all, would be obtained out of court and in advance of trial. The scheme has been implemented in full in Western Australia, but not in the UK. These essays examine this, and similar schemes, and argue for further reforms in the UK. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child witnesses -- Great Britain.
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Child witnesses. |
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Great Britain. |
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Child witnesses.
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Cross-examination -- Great Britain.
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Cross-examination. |
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Cross-examination.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Lamb, Michael E., 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spencer, John R. Children and Cross-Examination : Time to Change the Rules? Oxford : Hart, ©2012 9781849463072 |
| ISBN |
9781847319555 |
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1847319556 |
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9781849463072 |
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1849463077 |
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