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Criminal Evidence (Clarendon Law Series)
by Paul Roberts, A.A.S. Zuckerman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: OUP Oxford (2004-05-27)
ISBN: 0198764979
EAN: 9780198764977
Dewy Decimal #: 345.4206
Paperback: 752 pages
Edition: 1
SKU: B889-1044
Condition: Acceptable
Comments: Shows signs of wear. In stock - Immediate despatch from an efficient and professional leading British bookselling firm.
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Customer Reviews
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a terrible tome
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-10-15
I'm afraid to say I don't agree with the other review at all. This is a terrible textbook for students. So much so that although we are required to buy it, it is wholly necessary to buy a second textbook to ensure you understand the course.
If you want pages and pages of abstract analysis, theoretical waffle and social policy, then by all means go for this book. However, most students want more hard law in their textbooks to actually get them through exams. There is very little emphasis on cases and I don't find the structure to be very helpful or even logical in some places.
I think that while this would be a good book to dip into for essay writing, it is terrible for week to week learning and I dread picking it up.
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Best Text For Those Who Want The Whole Picture
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-04-13
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
In my view this is by far and away the most lucid explanation of the difficult topic of Criminal Evidence that I have come across. Roberts and Zuckerman explain very clearly the background to each topic and why the law has developed the way it has. They also analyse all the many flaws in the system and use many interesting illustrations while using case law sparingly. This is how a law textbook for those students taking a serious interest in the subject should be written. Sadly, many writers of legal textbooks take an "ignotum per ignotius" approach (explanations that leave readers more baffled than before). Roberts and Zuckerman's text is clear in its exposition and eminently readable.Two slight quibbles: firstly, there are some elementary spelling errors throughout the text that are obviously the result of using a word processing spell-check tool (e.g. "form" instead of "from"). A Mark I eyeball check would have eliminated these; secondly, a summary of the many points made in each chapter would be helpful as it is easy to lose sight of the overall picture as the (fascinating) detail is unfolded. Apart from these slight quibbles, I would venture to say that this is one of the best legal textbooks for students of law that I have come across so far, and not just in the field of Criminal Evidence. It shows that the subject is "do-able" and far from being rocket science, it shows that law is not as difficult as some would have us believe. The trick is in the way you tell it!
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