The Role and Rules of Evidence - INTRO

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INTRODUCTION

Over the past months; we have been privileged by the courtesies of the Judicial Service of Ghana and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GTV) and not least, the parties to the trial in having on first hand, the proceedings of the 2012 presidential election petition being heard by the 9-member panel of the highest court of the land- the Supreme Court of Ghana. In these Briefs & Memos, we shall consider the following as culled from West’s Encyclopedia and UEA Norwich: (1) What is evidence for legal purposes? (2) When is evidence unnecessary? (3) How and by whom can evidence be presented to the court? (4) How is the evidence to be evaluated and the roles of those who constitute the court. We mention in passing the often cited Evidence Decree Act of 1974.