× You are viewing an archive version of this unit.

Hobart

Introduction

%asset_metadata_unit.Description%

Summary %globals_context%

Unit name Evidence
Unit code LAW422
Credit points 12.5
Faculty/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Law
Discipline Law
Coordinator %asset_metadata_unit.Coordinator%
Level %asset_metadata_unit.Level%
Available as student elective? %asset_metadata_unit.AvailableAsElective_value^empty:No%
Breadth Unit? %asset_metadata_unit.IsBreadthUnit_value%

Availability

Note

Please check that your computer meets the minimum System Requirements if you are attending via Distance/Off-Campus.

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units.

TNE Program units special approval requirements.

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see withdrawal dates explained for more information).

About Census Dates

Learning Outcomes

  1. Identify, explain, apply and critique doctrines, principles and rules relating to the law of evidence and their rationales and understanding of the theoretical foundation of the law of evidence and the basic purposes it serves.
  2. Identify evidentiary issues raised in legal problems and apply relevant evidentiary rules.
  3. Clearly and succinctly explain evidence law and its application to both hypothetical scenarios and trial processes, orally and in writing.
  4. Reflect on the operation of the law of evidence in the trial context; and a variety of justice issues relating to evidence.

Fees

Requisites

50 credit points of Advanced Law core

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

1 x  Pre-recorded Lecture per week

1 x 2 hour Seminar per week

1 x 1 hour Zoom drop-in review session per week

Assessment

Mid-semester test, 90 minutes (20%), Briefing Note 1250 words (20%), Seminar participation (20%), Final exam, 2 hours (40%)

TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Recommended

The University reserves the right to amend or remove courses and unit availabilities, as appropriate.