Murphy on Evidence 10th edition

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BOOK REVIEW

MURPHY ON EVIDENCE (10th edition)

By Peter Murphy

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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ISBN: 978-0-19-921628-4

WEIGHING UP THE EVIDENCE:

THE COMPLETE AND PROVEN METHOD FOR TEACHING EVIDENCE

An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers

In the study of law, evidence is pivotal. As Peter Murphy stresses, ‘the law of evidence underlies the whole practice of law in every field capable of leading to litigation.... Cases are probably won and lost more often for reasons of evidential acumen, or lack of it, than for reasons of any other sort.’

Now in a new tenth edition, ‘Murphy on Evidence’ which first appeared in 1980,  has become successfully established as a leading text for use on undergraduate law courses and  continues to fulfil its original aim of meeting ‘the long-felt need...for a book soundly based around the considerations of practice in the courts’.  

The new edition has been completely updated as at 16 March 2007, and includes all important developments in almost every area of the law of evidence, including the hearsay and character evidence provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. 

This important tenth edition provides coverage of this seminal decision, together with a clear analysis of how the law has developed in this area, as well as practical observations on the application of the new rules in the courts.

Included in the new material contained in this edition are the significant developments in, for example, legal professional privilege...public interest immunity...confessions...the burden of proof...and evidence illegally and unfairly obtained. Important decision