Schmidt, C and Rademeyer, H. Law of Evidence. – LexisNexis, 2013 (Looseleaf update)
 
ISBN: 060LAWEVIDSYS
 
About this publication:
“The publication is based on Schmidt and Rademeyer's popular Bewysreg and is a comprehensive work on the South African law of evidence which covers the general principles of the common law as applied by the courts.
 
Contents:
• Burden of proof
• Standards of proof and the evaluation of evidence
• Corroboration and the cautionary rules
• Presumptions
• Judicial notice
• Formal admissions
• Competence and compellability to give evidence
• Means of proof: Witnesses, real evidence, documents, product of a device or apparatus
• Admissibility and relevance
• Previous consistent statements
• Similar facts
• Character
• Opinion
• Hearsay evidence
• Informal admissions and confessions
• Privilege
• Admissibility and probative value of a judgment