Confessions received through interpreters: An African hearsay problem
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1964
Abstract
Because of the big quantity of languages in Africa there arises in the African context certain problems of proof which are found with much less frequency in other jurisdictions. The present article discusses one such problem of proof: the reception of confessions through the medium of interpreters. The question at issue is whther the police officer's evidence of what he was told by the interpreter constitues inadmissible hearsay where the interpeter is only capable of testifying that his translation was an accurate one. The major solutions reached by Africa and other courts are set out, followed by an analysis of these solutions in light of the principles underlying the hearsay rule.
Discipline
African Studies | Criminal Law
Research Areas
Public Interest Law, Community and Social Justice
Publication
Nigerian Law Journal
Volume
1
First Page
26
Last Page
37
ISSN
0078-0774
Publisher
African Universities Press
Citation
SMITH, David Nathan.
Confessions received through interpreters: An African hearsay problem. (1964). Nigerian Law Journal. 1, 26-37.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2638
Additional URL
http://www.africabib.org/rec.php?RID=183774264