Electronic evidence and electronic signatures / Stephen Mason, Daniel Seng, editors ; contributors, Burkhard Schafer [and 9 others].

"In this updated edition of the well-established practitioner text, Stephen Mason and Daniel Seng have brought together a team of experts in the field to provide an exhaustive treatment of electronic evidence and electronic signatures. This fifth edition continues to follow the tradition in English evidence text books by basing the text on the law of England and Wales, with appropriate citations of relevant case law and legislation from other jurisdictions."--Humanities Digital Library site

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. The sources and characteristics of electronic evidence and artificial intelligence / Steven J. Murdoch, Daniel Seng, Burkhard Schafer and Stephen Mason -- 2. The foundations of evidence in electronic form / Stephen Mason and Daniel Seng -- 3. Hearsay / Daniel Seng and Stephen Mason -- 4. Software code as the witness / Stephen Mason -- 5. The presumption that computers are 'reliable' / Stephen Mason -- 6. Authenticating electronic evidence / Luciana Duranti and Allison Stanfield -- 7. Electronic signatures / Stephen Mason -- 8. Encrypted data / Alisdair Gillespie, Jessica Shurson and Stephen Mason -- 9. Proof: the technical collection and examination of electronic evidence / Nigel Wilson, Andrew Sheldon, Hein Dries, Burkhard Schafer and Stephen Mason -- 10. Competence of witnesses / Stephen Mason and Lynne Townley -- Appendix 1: Draft Convention on Electronic Evidence -- Appendix 2: Cumulative vignettes.

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