The Child Witness: Reconciling the Irreconcilable

Authors

  • James C. Robb
  • Lynda J. Kordyban

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/alr1620

Abstract

This article canvasses the issues of competency, corroboration, hearsay and confrontation with respect to child witnesses, from both a legal and humanistic perspective. The authors survey the law from a historical perspective, through to recent changes in Bill C-15, in an attempt to reconcile the rights of an accused with those of child victims of sexual offences.

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Published

1989-02-01

Issue

Vol 27, No 3

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