Posted: June 10th, 2015

Comparative regulation of electronic evidence

Comparative regulation of electronic evidence

Comparative regulation of electronic evidence
Analysis of differences in the approach and the identification of common principles in relation to electronic evidence in different legal systems and traditional (civil law and common law systems).
The aim of the chapter is to scrutinise the background of the regulation of electronic evidence in each legal system, aiming to identify the advantages and disadvantages of each system.
Thus, in each jurisdiction the chapter looks at the structure of the system and the way in which it works. The discussion of each jurisdiction ends with a succinct evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of the system.
At the end of the chapter the summary of the main points of comparison of the civil law and common law systems for regulating electronic evidence.