An examination of international attempts to develop common principles for regulating criminal evidence across different legal traditions.

1. Evidence across traditions; 2. The common law tradition; 3. The civil law tradition; 4. Criminal evidence law and the international human rights context; 5. Evidence in the international criminal tribunals; 6. Fair trials and the use of improperly obtained evidence; 7. The presumption of innocence; 8. Silence and the privilege against self-incrimination; 9. Defence participation; 10. Confrontation and cross-examination; 11. Conclusion: towards a theory of evidentiary defence rights.

John Jackson is a barrister at law and Dean and Professor of Criminal Law at the School of Law, University College Dublin.