The Evidence Act 2006: Act & Analysis

Abstract

Since its initial publication in 2007, The Evidence Act 2006: Act and Analysis has been the leading and authoritative text on the law of evidence in New Zealand civil and criminal proceedings. Cited extensively in judicial decisions and academic writing, its section-by-section commentary blends description, analysis and critique in a wide-ranging explanation of the Act, its underlying principles and its individual provisions. This comprehensive 2nd edition provides an updated examination of the Evidence Act together with a thorough analysis of the large volume of new and noteworthy court decisions from 2006 until the present. Extensively cross-referenced and organised in an accessible manner, the discussion includes major statements on the Act from the New Zealand Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court. The book also refers to the history and development of the Act, from its initial stages as a project of the New Zealand Law Commission through the legislative process and into final statutory form. The Evidence Act 2006: Act and Analysis is written by a team of New Zealand’s foremost evidence law academics. Aimed at civil and criminal law practitioners, judges, policymakers, law students and academics, this 2nd edition of The Evidence Act 2006: Act and Analysis is an invaluable treatment, both scholarly and practical, of the law of evidence in New Zealand today.