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conduct-as-hearsay [1 record]

Record 1 2013-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

A specialized and oft-recurring aspect of the conduct-as-hearsay problem is presented by the cases where a failure to speak or act is offered as the basis for an inference.... (McCormick, p. 600)

CONT

... the intensity of hearsay dangers in particular conduct-as-hearsay evidence varies according to the surrounding circumstances of the conduct. (Schiff, Evidence in the Litigation Process, 1978, p. 265)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

comportement relaté : ce terme appartenant au vocabulaire de la doctrine du oui-dire désigne la relation du comportement d'une personne que fait le témoin dans le but d'établir finalement, au delà du comportement lui-même, une assertion que cette personne aurait implicitement faite par ce comportement.

OBS

comportement relaté : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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