Dedication |
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Acknowledgements |
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Preface |
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1 Introduction - Evidence |
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Sources of the Nigeria Law of Evidence |
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Application of Evidence in Court |
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31 | (16) |
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Relevancy and admissibility |
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Facts relevant on special circumstances |
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47 | (20) |
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Distinction between Estoppel and Res judicatur |
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Judgment in Rem and Judgment in Personam |
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Relevancy of judgment in proceeding, (civil and criminal) |
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Burden of proof in criminal cases |
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Burden of proof upon the accused |
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Burden of proof in civil cases |
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Standard of proof in criminal and civil cases |
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8 Confession and Admission |
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107 | (4) |
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Definition and nature of corroboration |
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Evidence of an accomplice |
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Evidence of co-accused person |
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Treason and treasonable felony |
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Other offences requiring corroboration |
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10 Competency and compellability |
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Person of weak intellect (infant, idiot, lunatic and person of extreme old age) |
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Official and privilege communication |
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Legal practitioners privileges |
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Competency of persons in civil and criminal cases |
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145 | (12) |
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13 Examination of witnesses |
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14 Part I-Documentary evidence |
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Classification of document |
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a Proof of content of document |
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c Exclusion of documentary evidence by oral evidence |
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Part II Computer and Electronic Evidence |
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Classification of Computer/Electronic evidence Admissibility of Computer/Electronic evidence |
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Methods of proving Computer and Electronic evidence |
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Admissibility of E-mail Messages |
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Proof due execution: Electronic Signature |
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Part III Affidavit evidence |
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15 Wrongful Admission and Rejection of evidence |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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