Kwa Geok Choo Distinguished Visitor Lecture - The Right To Confront One’s Accusers: Did Sir Walter Ralegh Die For Nothing?

Event Date

From Thursday 31 Jan 2019 - 06:45 PM To Thursday 31 Jan 2019 - 08:00 PM

Venue

NUS Law (Bukit Timah Campus), Block B Level 3, Auditorium

Organiser

National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

Practice Area

Others/Multi-disciplinary

Training Level

Foundation

Public CPD Points

Event Outline

Sir Walter Ralegh, was beheaded for treason in 1618. 400 years later, to consider the idea of a “right of confrontation” that emerged at his 1603 trial. The key “evidence” against him consisted of the written statements, read out in court, of one Lord Cobham. Ralegh objected strongly. Though many find the case the source of the general rule excluding hearsay evidence, it is clear that Ralegh’s real complaint was that Cobham had not been brought to accuse him face-to-face.

Event Link

NUS-99F-190035

Event Attachment

NUS-99F-190035_EventBrochure.pdf