Uniform Evidence introduces the uniform evidence legislation as implemented by the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and Norfolk Island.

It illustrates the practical applications of evidence law with case examples, summarises complex legal rules with flowcharts, and provides in-depth case analysis to help students explore and understand the underlying principles of evidence law.

Now in its third edition, this book explains, analyses and critiques uniform evidence law in a manner that can be readily and easily understood by all those interested in the law of evidence.

New to this Edition

• Updated to reflect all amendments to the uniform evidence legislation

• Incorporates significant new cases on documents, credibility evidence, and privilege

• Includes analysis of recent developments on the issue of probative value

• Addresses the latest High Court judgment on tendency evidence in sexual cases

• Chapters updated and restructured in response to the latest developments, including:

• means of evidence with a focus on witnesses, documents and real evidence

• opinion evidence including extended analysis of the law concerning expert evidence

• the hearsay rule and its exceptions