Titlebook: Child Witnesses in Twentieth Century Australian Courtrooms; Robyn Blewer Book 2021 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under

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Book 2021 and experiences of over 200 children, in many cases using their own words from press reports, to highlight how the relevant law was – or was not - applied throughout this period. The law was sympathetic to the plight of child witnesses and exhibited a significant degree of pragmatism to receive the

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Child Witnesses and the Common Law,ey concepts that are raised in the remaining chapters of this book. This chapter briefly considers issues and concepts like sources of law, legal definitions and understandings of the child and childhood, the development of psychological research of children in the early part of the twentieth centur

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,“,”: Competency and Capacity,hildren in court in order to prove themselves to be competent witnesses. While recognising the testimony of children of any age could be vital to the administration of justice and should, therefore, be received, the law limited the class of children who could testify to those who could swear an oath

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: Corroboration,rinciples that continued to question their credibility. Common law corroboration rules were introduced as a way of confirming the credibility of the child witness and affected the testimony of every child witness in one way or another until the end of the twentieth century. Statutory reforms introdu

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,“,”: Indigenous Child Witnesses,ckgrounds, and ages, giving evidence in court. To locate cases involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, children as witnesses proved a far greater challenge. As recently as 2012, Noongar woman and legal scholar, Dr Hannah McGlade noted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s “experi

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: Conclusion, While Pound’s realist theory of law was not universally endorsed, it is evident throughout this book. Cases where the strict application of the law occurred give an indication as to why courts may have chosen the more pragmatic path like teaching children how to pass the oath test or bending the co