Redefining Relevancy and Exclusionary Discretion in Sir James Fitzjames Stephen’s Indian Evidence Act of 1872: The Singapore Experiment and Lessons for Other Indian Evidence Act Jurisdictions

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: Indian evidence act; exclusionary discretion; relevance and admissibility; Singapore evidence law; Asian Studies; Comparative and Foreign Law; Evidence
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1319; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3271/viewcontent/RedefiningRelevancyExclusionaryDiscretion_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In many jurisdictions, the rules of evidence can often be instrumental in determining the outcome of a dispute. But to what extent can evidence law be controlled by codification, or is it better to leave its regulation and development to the judges via common law? In an attempt to bridge the gap bet...