Demeanour evidence on trial : a legal and literary criticism / Gilles Renaud.

Melbourne : Sandstone Press, 2007.

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Evidence (Law) -- Psychological aspects.

Witnesses -- Psychological aspects.

Witnesses in literature.

Trials in literature.

1. The nature of demeanour evidence: a branch of real evidence --2. The objections to the use of demeanour evidence --3. Demeanour evidence capable of being captured by the traditional audio record of the proceedings --4. Demeanour evidence not capable of being captured by the traditional record of the proceedings --5. Conclusion.

This book attempts to study systematically, through a review of legal writers and literary sources, whether the reliance on demeanour evidence is misplaced .

Includes bibliographical references.

9780975783993

169 p. ; 25 cm