EVIDENCE, 12 - PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGES BEFORE THE COURTS

• NCJ Number: 37771
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 54 pages
• Corporate Author: Lea and Febiger
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: French; English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

PART OF THE EVIDENCE PROJECT OF THE LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF CANADA, THIS PAPER CONSIDERS THE PROBLEM OF PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGES BEFORE THE COURT - THIS CAN EXTEND TO LAWYERS, CLERGY, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHERS.

Abstract

IT BEGINS WITH A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE PRESENT STATE OF CANADIAN LAW ON THE SUBJECT, AND THEN COMPARES THAT WITH FRENCH AND AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEMS. IT ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THE PRINCIPLES THAT UNDERLIE THE RECOGNITION OF THE RIGHT OF PROFESSIONAL SECRECY AND MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR REFORM OF CANADIAN LAWS. SEE ALSO NCJ-37866, 69, AND NCJ-37870. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) --IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH