The article provides a comparative legal analysis of the experience of the states of the Anglo-Saxon legal system — the United States, England and Wales, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — in the examination of evidence in pre-trial proceedings. The criterion of comparison is not the presence of the term in the law, but the legal function of the rule in re-testing evidence. Proposals are formulated on the equal coverage of reasonable lines of enquiry, the registration of case materials and the documentation of the result of examination.
The Procedure for Pre-Trial Examination of Evidence in The Anglo-Saxon Legal System and Its Significance for National Legislation
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Examination of evidence
pre-trial proceedings
reasonable line of enquiry
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