Overview
Provides students with an advanced understanding of the law of evidence in the context of criminal proceedings.
This paper provides students with an advanced understanding of the law of evidence in the context of criminal proceedings.
About this paper
| Paper title | Advanced Evidence Law |
|---|---|
| Subject | Law |
| EFTS | 0.1000 |
| Points | 15 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $730.20 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- LAWS 414
- Pre or Corequisite
- Any 200-level LAWS paper not already passed
- Limited to
- LLB, LLB(Hons)
- Eligibility
96 LAWS points, including LAWS414.
- Contact
- More information link
- Teaching staff
- Paper Structure
Topics covered may include, but are not limited to, the philosophy of proof in common law and indigenous traditions; relevance and probative value; evidence offered for hearsay purposes; expert opinion evidence; defendant statements; propensity evidence, including offered for orthodox and non-orthodox purposes.
- Textbooks
Course materials are provided.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Scholarship, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate their advanced understanding of New Zealand’s statutory framework and key case law relating to principles of evidence and proof (Scholarship);
- Critically analyse New Zealand’s approach to questions of evidence and proof (Critical Thinking)
- Demonstrate their understanding of the ways in which different legal traditions engage with and regulate questions of proof (Cultural Understanding; Critical Thinking)
- Demonstrate their understanding of the competing historical, philosophical and cultural traditions which inform and underpin the legal approach to questions of evidence and proof in Aotearoa New Zealand (Critical Thinking; Interdisciplinary Perspective).