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Research On Hearsay Evidence

Posted on:2006-05-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C Q DiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360155967755Subject:Law
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Hearsay evidence is a kind of evidence material, which is widely used in litigation. Whether it can be adopted and what evidential weight it has are both very important for assembling evidence and reaching the aim of evidence law.In the countries belonging to Anglo-American family, there are some legislation and cases which have already confirmed the relative regulations about hearsay rule, that is hearsay evidence is not admissible, unless it is exception. After hundreds of years' development and alteration, hearsay rule has been a big system with much exception. And in these decades there is a new tendency that hearsay evidence is widely adopted, which is called "the liberalization of the hearsay rule". In our country we don't have any direct regulations about the admissibility of hearsay evidence in present litigation laws. And in judicial practice many problems exist, such as the testimony of witness is widely adopted, the rate of witness' presentation is very low and so on. All of these urgently need to be modified by establishing the hearsay rule in our country.Based on comparative research, the author asserts the ultimate reason of installing hearsay rule is dangers of hearsay, sublates the relative regulations in English and America, and brings some suggestions on establishing hearsay rule to present situation in our country,...
Keywords/Search Tags:Hearsay Evidence, Rules of Evidence, Testimony of Witness, Admissibility, Relativity
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