ABBREVIATIONS
In this paper we use the following abbreviations:
the 1898 Act: the Criminal Evidence Act 1898
the ALRC: the Australian Law Reform Commission
Archbold: Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice (2001 ed, ed P J Richardson)
Blackstone: Blackstone's Criminal Practice (2001 ed, ed P Murphy)
the CLRC: the Criminal Law Revision Committee
the CLRC Evidence Report: CLRC, Eleventh Report: Evidence (General) (1972) Cmnd 4991
the consultation paper: Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Previous Misconduct of a Defendant (1996) Law Commission Consultation Paper No 141
the Convention: the European Convention on Human Rights
Cross and Tapper: Cross and Tapper on Evidence (9th ed 1999, ed C Tapper)
the Evidence Act 1995 (Cth): the Australian Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth
the HRA 1998: the Human Rights Act 1998
the JSB: the Judicial Studies Board
the Jury Study: the report of the mock jury research conducted by Dr S Lloyd- Bostock of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies of the University of Oxford in 1995
the NZLC: the New Zealand Law Commission
PACE: the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
the Royal Commission: the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice (Chairman: Viscount Runciman of Doxford CBE FBA)
the Report of the Royal Commission: (1993) Cm 2263
the Strasbourg Commission: the European Commission of Human Rights
the Strasbourg Court: the European Court of Human Rights