Subjects:

General Interest, Evidence

Contents:

Silence, lies and vicious circularity

Approaches to similar fact evidence: England and Australia

Implications of the human right rationale for legal professional privilege - the demise of implied statutory abrogation?

Legal proof of knowledge

Empirical evaluation of the hearsay rule

Exploring the integrity principle in evidence and procedure

Silence, innocence and human rights

The policies of legal information services: a perspective of three decades

Information technology and the criminal justice system

Defining and rewarding invention: a review and a modest proposal for patent law

Cumulation and convergence of intellectual property rights

Index

""This collection of essays mirrors the unusual breadth of Colin Tapper's learning and publications. In recognition of his reputation, the authors constitute an international group of scholars themselves pre-eminent in their fields. The eleven essays span the spheres of evidence, intellectual property, computer law and computer applications. Together, they provide eloquent testimony of the scholarship and influence of Colin Tapper, with challenges to conventional thinking that he will surely approve of.""