Computer Printouts as Legal Evidence

ABSTRACT

This article discusses computer--based information and its uses as evidence in legal proceedings. It explains the rules of evidence and their effect on an organization's management of its databases and describes methods of handling requests for production of computerized data.

Keywords:

• evidence
• admissibility of evidence
• relevancy
• hearsay
• privilege
• Best Evidence Rule
• discovery

Notes

This is a reprint of an article, that was published in EDPACS, 2008, © Taylor & Francis.

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