Principles of Evidence

Principles of Evidence fifth edition: provides invaluable assistance to students, academics and practitioners alike; introduces a decolonial approach to South Africa’s law of evidence; continues to assess the impact of the Constitution on the rules of evidence; analyses the bourgeoning body of case law dealing with the admissibility of evidence; considers recent amendments impacting the child witness as well as the presentation of oral evidence more generally; offers a separate discussion on statutory provisions regulating matters as diverse as, for example, sexual history evidence and the admissibility of electronic evidence; incorporates discussions about proof within the context of the global ‘New Evidence Scholarship’ movement; provides critical commentary and suggestions for law reform.