Expert evidence : law, practice, procedure and advocacy / by Ian Freckleton and Hugh Selby.

Sydney : Thomson Lawbook Co., 2005.

3rd ed.

25592

Evidence, Expert.

Evidence, Expert -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. Rules of expert evidence

3. The expertise rule

4. The area of expertise rule

5. The common knowledge rule

6. The basis rule

7. The ultimate issue rule

8. Discretionary exclusion of expert evidence

9. Judicial notice

10. Appeals against expert evidence admissibility determinations

11. Syndrome evidence

12. Profiling evidence

13. Trauma evidence: legal issues

14. Scientific evidence: legal issues

15. DNA profiling evidence: legal issues

16. Fingerprinting evidence

17. Document analysis evidence: legal issues

18. Tracker dog evidence

19. Valuation evidence: legal issues

20. Financial evidence: legal issues

21. Anthropology evidence: legal issues

22. Civil and criminal liability of expert witnesses

23. Experts' reports: costs, discovery and client legal privilege

24. Remuneration of experts

25. Court appointed experts and assessors

26. Referees

27. Court rules

28. Codes of ethics

29. Examination-in-chief of the expert witness

30. Cross-examination of the expert witness

31. Re-examination of the expert witness

32. The expert in the sentencing process.

Includes bibliography and index.

0455222096

lxxvi, 1035 p.