Children and Cross-Examination : Time to Change the Rules? (Paperback)

1. Introduction JR Spencer 2. 'Kicking and Screaming'-the Slow Road to Best Evidence Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson 3. Alternative Routes: Accusatorial Jurisdictions on the Slow Road to Best Evidence Emily Henderson 4. Children's Evidence in Legal Proceedings-the Position in Western Australia Hal Jackson 5. Cross-Examining the Child Complainant: Rights, Innovations and Unfounded Fears in the Australian Context Annie Cossins 6. An Idea Whose Time has Come: The Reform of Criminal Procedure for Child Witnesses in New Zealand Emily Henderson 7. Child Witnesses in Austria Verena Murschetz 8. The Position in Norway Trond Myklebust 9. Conclusions JR Spencer 10. The Pigot Report 1989 (reprinted)