DSpace Collection: Law School (Theses and Dissertations) Law School (Theses and Dissertations) http://hdl.handle.net/2262/103 2013-05-24T01:29:53Z 2013-05-24T01:29:53Z The Evidence of Child Witnesses - Where Rules of Evidence and the Constitution Collide Casey, Rachel http://hdl.handle.net/2262/40110 2010-06-12T02:01:59Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Title: The Evidence of Child Witnesses - Where Rules of Evidence and the Constitution Collide Author: Casey, Rachel Abstract: This thesis explores the development and reform of particular aspects of the law of evidence relating to child witnesses as informed by the changing orthodoxy advanced by psychologists - and adopted by the law - regarding, in particular, the capabilities and reliability of children as witnesses. Three principal areas of the law of evidence relating to children are scrutinised, namely: (i) the competence of children as witnesses; (ii) the corroboration requirements attaching to the evidence of children; and (iii) the examination of child witnesses and the statutory ’special measures’ designed to facilitate the reception of evidence from such witnesses. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z