This course has been designed for lawyers who practice in litigation.
Students successfully completing this course will gain a practical understanding of 10 key areas under the Evidence Act 1995 including:
• Standard of Proof
• Relevance
• Discretions to Exclude
• Tendency & Coincidence Evidence
• Opinion Evidence
• The Hearsay Rule
• Documents
• The “character” of the accused in a criminal trial
Students, on successfully completing this course, will be able to apply these principles when considering whether evidence is capable of being admitted in a court or tribunal.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe and apply 10 key areas under the Evidence Act 199
- Demonstrate an understanding of doctrine of hearsay.
- Critically analyse and evaluate evidence to identify whether there may be an objection to the admission of that evidence.
- Identify the relevant evidentiary legal issues that arise based on a given set of facts.
- Summarise, analyse and debate whether an objection to the admission of evidence will be upheld by a court.
- Interpret, analyse and propose whether a document or affidavit is admissible based on a number of predetermined facts.
- Hypothesise and critically debate whether a provision of the Evidence Act 1995 will allow for the admission of evidence despite the evidence being inadmissible in the first instance.
Other Information
This course is run on WATTLE (http://wattle.anu.edu.au/). Once enrolled you will need to logon using your ISIS username and password. When available students will be able to gain access to the course materials and modules.
Indicative Assessment
- Indicative assessment may include: (null) [LO null]
- 1. Short weekly exercises — 40% (40) [LO null]
- 2. Online discussion forum on WATTLE - 10% (10) [LO null]
- 3. Research Problem — 50%, 4,000 words (50) [LO null]
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Workload
26 hrs - WATTLE
Inherent Requirements
Not applicable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
P. Bayne's text on the Principles of Evidence
Assumed Knowledge
Students enrolling in it will have a fundamental background in the Law of Evidence in Australia from their prior LLB studies.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $5460 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4369 | 25 Feb 2019 | 04 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2019 | 31 May 2019 | Online | View |