The Evidence Act 2006 and women (Record no. 1865)

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022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER
International Standard Serial Number 0028-8373
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Original cataloging agency WSS
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Personal name Thomas, E.W.
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245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Evidence Act 2006 and women
Statement of responsibility, etc Thomas, E.W.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Wellington, New Zealand
Name of publisher, distributor, etc LexisNexis
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008
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500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note The author, Justice Ted Thomas, is a former Court of Appeal judge
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This journal article is an address given by the Rt Hon E W Thomas to a Womensfest of the Auckland University Students Association in which he criticises the devaluation of sexual cases under the Evidence Act 2006. The author argues that complainants in sexual cases, who are more often than not women, are placed at a distinct disadvantage by a number of provisions in this recently passed legislation and that a positive trend towards redressing the courtroom imbalance for women who have complained that they have been sexually abused or raped has been arrested by this legislation. The two areas of the Act that are specifically criticised are Section 32, which provides that the fact-finder is not to be invited to infer guilt from the accused's silence before trial, and Subsection (2) of s 35, which renders previous statements of a witness inadmissible unless the statement is necessary to respond to a challenge to the witness's veracity or accuracy based on a previous inconsistent statement or a claim of recent invention. The author suggests that the legal profession, with the support of women's organisations, press for a review of the Evidence Act 2006 and recommends discrete provisions be made to it that redress the imbalances the Act has perpetuated and ensure justice for both victims and the accused in sexual cases.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note New Zealand Law Journal (4) May 2008 :169-172
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Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element GENDER
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element JUSTICE
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element RAPE VICTIMS
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element RAPE
9 (RLIN) 488
650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element SEX OFFENDERS
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Source of heading or term FVC
Topical term or geographic name as entry element WOMEN
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650 27 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element LAW
Source of heading or term FVC
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SEXUAL VIOLENCE
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651 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name NEW ZEALAND
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Title New Zealand Law Journal (4) May 2008 :169-172
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