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General resources for the law of evidence

Books
Canadian
General
o   Ainslie, M., Introducing Evidence at Trial: A British Columbia Handbook, 2nd ed. (Vancouver: The Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, 2013)
o   Atkinson, P., Proof: Canadian rules of evidence (Markham: Butterworths, 2007)
o   Beach, D., The 1996 Annotated Canada Evidence Acts (Scarborough: Carswell, 1996)
o   Boyle, C., The Law of Evidence: Fact Finding, Fairness, and Advocacy (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1999)
o   Chayko et al., Forensic Evidence in Canada, 2nd ed. (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1999)
o   Cochran, Gulycz, & Kelly, Rules of Evidence: A Practical Approach (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2008)
o   Corbin & Gill, Survey Evidence and the Law Worldwide: A Reference Text for Lawyers, Jurists and Social Scientists (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o   Cudmore, G., Mystery of hearsay (Toronto: Carswell, 2009)
o   Delisle, Stuart & Tanovich, Evidence: Principles and Problems, 8th ed (Toronto: Carswell, 2007)
o   Delisle & Dufraimont, Canadian Evidence Law in a Nutshell, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2009)
o   Doherty, M., The Portable Guide to Evidence, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2009)
o   * Goldstein, E., Visual Evidence: A Practitioner's Manual (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Hageman et al., DNA Handbook, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o   * Marin, R., Admissibility of Statements, 9th ed. (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
o   Morton, J., Ontario Litigator’s Pocket Guide to Evidence, 3rd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2005)
o   Niman, H., Evidence in Family Law (Toronto: Canada Law Book, 2010)
o   * Paciocco & Stuesser, The law of evidence, 6th ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2011)
o   Rose & Goos, DNA: a practical guide (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Schiff, S., Evidence in the Litigation Process, Master Edition (Toronto: Carswell, 1993) (2 volumes)
o   * Sopinka, Lederman, Bryant & Fuerst, The Law of Evidence in Canada, 3rd ed. (Markham: Butterworths, 2009)
o   Stewart et al., Evidence: A Canadian Casebook, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications, 2006)
o   The Parole Evidence Rule. Manitoba Law Reform Commission (Winnipeg: Manitoba Law Reform Commission, 2010)
o   Vogl & Bala, Testifying on Behalf of Children: a Handbook for Canadian Professionals (Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, 2001)
 
Electronic evidence
o   Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence (Gatineau: Canadian General Standards Board, 2005).
o   Gahtan, A., Electronic Evidence (Scarborough: Carswell, 1999)
o   Mason, S., Electronic evidence: disclosure, discovery and admissibility (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2007)
o   Mason et al. International Electronic Evidence (London: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2008)
o   Paul, G.,  Foundations of Digital Evidence (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2008)
o   Underwood & Penner, Electronic Evidence in Canada (Toronto: Carswell, 2010)
 
English
o   Canter & Zukauskiene, Psychology and Law: Bridging the Gap (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008)
o   Ho, H., A philosophy of evidence law: justice in the search for truth (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Hollander, C., Documentary Evidence, 9th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
o   Keane, A., The Modern Law of Evidence, 7th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Malek et al., Phipson on Evidence, 17th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell Ltd., 2010)
o   McAlhone & Stockdale, Evidence in a Nutshell, 4th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2005)
o   Murphy, P., Murphy on Evidence, 10th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   * Tapper & Cross, Cross & Tapper on Evidence, 12th ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
 
American
o   * American jurisprudence proof of facts, 3rd ed. (New York: Lawyers Co-operative, looseleaf)
o   Broun et al., McCormick on Evidence, 6th ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2006)
o   Graham, M., Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell, 7th ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2007)
o   * Leonard & Friedman, The New Wigmore: a treatise on evidence, selected rules of limited admissibility (New York: Aspen, looseleaf)
o   Leonard, D., The New Wigmore:  Evidence of Other Misconduct and Similar Events (Austin: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business,  Aspen Publishers,  2009)
o   Maraist, F., Evidence and proof, 2nd ed. (Eagan, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2007)
o   Rivers, R., Evidence in Traffic Crash Investigation and Reconstruction (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, 2006)
o   Sinnott, J., A Practical Guide to Document Authentication: Legalization of notarized & Certified Documents (New York: Oceana Publications, 2006)
o   * Wigmore, J., A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law, revised by McNaughton et al. (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., looseleaf) (11 volumes) (a.k.a. Wigmore on Evidence)
 
Other countries
o   Odgers, S., Uniform evidence law, 7th ed. (Pyrmont, N.S.W.: Lawbook Co., 2006)