Question: Outline the development of the Law of Evidence with reference to the evidence of spouses.
Answer: To be compellable, a witness must first be competent. A witness is competent where he can be lawfully called to give evidence, and is compellable if he has a legal obligation to do so . As a general rule, all witnesses are compellable for all parties. In civil proceedings, the only exception to this is the non-compellability of the former spouse of a deceased person . Therefore, the discussion will focus on the more contentious area of spouse compellability within the criminal law....(short extract)
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- Subject: Law
- Course: Law of Evidence
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 70%
- Words: 2166
- Date submitted: January 29, 2009
- Date written: February, 2006
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 434
