The Law of Evidence, 8/e (Essentials of Canadian Law)

The Law of Evidence, by David M Paciocco, Palma Paciocco, and Lee Stuesser, is Canada’s leading text in evidentiary law in both criminal and civil cases. For more than two decades, it has been relied upon by judges, practitioners, and scholars in the courtroom and in the classroom. The strength of the book is that it does not simply organize and describe the most important topics in the law of evidence; it is designed to simultaneously teach the law of evidence and provide a concise reference source of the leading authorities. In this newest edition of this frequently cited book, the authors continue the practice of organizing, explaining, and illustrating the law of evidence clearly, simply, and practically. The Law of Evidence, 8e, provides authoritative analyses of new cases, and portions of the book have been rewritten or reorganized to enhance discussion of the most important topics in evidentiary law.

The Honourable Justice David M. Paciocco of the Court of Appeal for Ontario; professor emeritus, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa; formerly a justice of the Ontario Court of Justice. While a professor, he served as a prosecutor over a period of several years before engaging in a specialized criminal defence practice. His academic writings have been relied upon, on numerous occasions, by courts in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and by the Privy Council.

Palma Paciocco is an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where she researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law and evidence. She holds an SJD degree from Harvard Law School, BCL and LLB degrees from the McGill Faculty of Law, and a joint-honours BA from the McGill Faculty of Arts. She is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and lawyers and is a recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award.

Lee Stuesser is the founding dean of law at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University. Prior to this position he was a professor of law and the director of the Canadian Law Program at Bond University in Australia. Before moving to Australia, he taught evidence, advocacy, and criminal law at the University of Manitoba for twenty years.