http://hdl.handle.net/2262/103 Law School (Theses and Dissertations) 2013-05-21T16:41:02Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/40110 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