

Abstract
The Concentrate Questions and Answers series offers the best preparation for tackling exam questions and coursework. Each book includes typical questions, bullet-pointed answer plans and suggested answers, author commentary and illustrative diagrams and flow charts. Concentrate Q&A Evidence offers expert advice on what to expect from your Evidence exam, how best to prepare and guidance on what examiners are really looking for. Written by experienced examiners, it provides clear commentary with each question and answer and bullet points and diagram answer plans plus tips to make your answer really stand out from the crowd and further reading suggestions at the end of every chapter. The book should help the reader identify typical law exam questions, structure a first-class answer, avoid common mistakes, show the examiner what the reader knows and find relevant further reading. After an introduction, the book covers burden and standard of proof, presumptions, competence and compellability, Special Measures Directions, character evidence, hearsay, confessions, the defendant’s silence, improperly obtained evidence, supporting evidence, identification expert opinion, issues in the course of trial, privilege, public policy and mixed questions. The final chapter gives guidance on assessed coursework. The book is suitable for undergraduate law students taking optional modules in Evidence.
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Contents
- Front Matter
- 1. Exam skills for success in evidence
- 2. Burden and standard of proof: Presumptions
- 3. Witnesses: Competence and compellability; Special Measures Directions
- 4. Character
- 5. Hearsay
- 6. Confessions, the defendant’s silence, and improperly obtained evidence
- 7. Supporting evidence: Lies, identification evidence, and suspect witnesses
- 8. Opinion evidence
- 9. Examination and cross-examination
- 10. Privilege and public policy
- 11. Mixed topic questions
- 12. Skills for success in coursework assessments
- End Matter