Digest of the Law of Evidence
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Digest of the Law of Evidence is a seminal 19th-century legal treatise that systematically organized and clarified the principles of evidence law in England and influenced evidence codes in other common law jurisdictions.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Digest of the Law of Evidence canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal treatise
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| bibliographicCategory | treatise ⓘ |
| circulation | legal profession ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | Victorian era ⓘ |
| format | prose text ⓘ |
| genre | legal commentary ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | seminal work in 19th-century evidence law ⓘ |
| impact |
contributed to modernization of evidence law
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influenced later treatises on evidence ⓘ standard reference on evidence in its time ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
evidence codes
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evidence law in common law jurisdictions ⓘ judicial reasoning on evidence ⓘ legal education in evidence law ⓘ legal practice in evidence ⓘ |
| jurisdictionCovered | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knowledgeDomain |
jurisprudence
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legal doctrine ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalDomain | law of evidence ⓘ |
| legalField | procedural law ⓘ |
| legalFunction | secondary authority ⓘ |
| legalSystem | English law ⓘ |
| legalTradition | common law ⓘ |
| notableFor |
clarification of evidentiary rules
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impact on codification of evidence law ⓘ systematic organization of evidence principles ⓘ |
| organizationPrinciple | topical arrangement of evidence rules ⓘ |
| purpose |
to clarify rules of evidence
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to organize principles of evidence law ⓘ |
| structure | systematic digest ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
common law
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evidence law ⓘ rules of evidence ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
law students
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legal practitioners ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | doctrinal legal analysis ⓘ |
| usedBy |
judges
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lawyers ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor |
interpretation of evidence rules
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legal research in evidence law ⓘ teaching evidence law ⓘ |
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