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dc.contributor.authorTheophilopoilos, Constantine
dc.contributor.authorBellengère, Adrian
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-28T08:43:05Z
dc.date.available2023-04-28T08:43:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationTheophilopoulos, C. Bellengère, A. 2023. "Relevance, Admissibility and Probative Value in a Rational System of Evidence : A South African Perspective". PER / PELJ 2022(25) - DOI https://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2022/v25ia11966. [http://www.nwu.ac.za/p-per/index.html]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1727-3781
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/41047
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17159/1727-3781/2022/v25ia11966
dc.description.abstractIn the South African legal system of fact finding and proof the relevance of an evidentiary fact is not governed by the rules of the law of evidence but by a set of extra-legal principles based on the logic of inferential reasoning and probability theory. However, there is no definitive legal definition, or practical test, of what constitutes relevance in a post-constitutional South African curial context, except for an ambiguous pre-1961 reference to a "blend of common sense, judicial experience and logic, laying outside the law". This article critically evaluates the relationship between relevance and admissibility in the adversarial adjudicative process, with particular reference to the peculiarities of the South African legal system, in which the procedural framework of the fact-finding process has been subjected to a post-apartheid constitutional democracy. In addition, this article provides an interpretative synthesis of prevailing international scholarship in the field, develops a functional three-legged practical relevance test for ease of application by all legal practitioners in the courtroom and provides a uniquely different possible statutory definition of relevance and admissibility.en_US
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPER/PELJen_US
dc.subjectLogical relevanceen_US
dc.subjectAdmissibilityen_US
dc.subjectThayeren_US
dc.subjectWigmore and Bentham's relevance theoriesen_US
dc.subjectProbability theoryen_US
dc.subjectLegal relevanceen_US
dc.subjectProcedural prejudiceen_US
dc.subjectBayes theoremen_US
dc.subjectProbative valueen_US
dc.subjectThree-legged practical testen_US
dc.titleRelevance, Admissibility and Probative Value in a Rational System of Evidence : A South African Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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