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Overview of South African Evidence Law by Letitia Smith is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides an overview of the evolution of English law of evidence. It discusses three key phases: the religious phase where disputes were decided by appeals to God; the formal phase where adjudication relied on the quantity of oath helpers rather than quality of evidence; and the rational phase where the jury system developed and oral testimony became predominant. The distinction between admissibility and evaluation of evidence also emerged, with judges determining what evidence was legally rec

Author

Letitia Smith

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EN