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Introduction: Introduction -- Common Law Evidentiary Rules: The common law exclusionary rules of expert evidence - The expertise rule -The area of expertise rule - The common knowledge rule - The basis rule - The ultimate issue rule - Judicial notice - Discretionary exclusion of expert evidence -- Statutory Evidentiary Rules: Statutory law in Australia - Statutory law in New Zealand - Statutory law in the United States - International Disputes and Litigation - Law reform proposals -- Appeals: Appeals in relation to expert evidence -- Procedure: Forensic reports - Court rules and ethical obligations - Client legal privilege and confidentiality - Wasted costs orders (new) - Remuneration of experts -- Expert Witnesses And Decision Making: Court-appointed experts - Assessors - Referees - Single joint experts - Conclaves /Joint conferences of experts (new) - Concurrent expert evidence - Consecutive expert evidence (new) -- Expert Evidence In Court: Preparation and examination of the expert witness - Cross-examination of the expert witness - Sentencing evidence by the expert witness -- Liability Of Experts: Criminal and civil liability of expert witnesses - Regulatory liability of expert witnesses -- Medical, Dental And Nursing Evidence: Medical evidence - Dental evidence - Nursing evidence -- Mental Health Evidence: Psychiatrists' and psychologists' evidence: general principles - Fitness for interview evidence - Fitness to stand trial evidence - Identification evidence - Memory evidence - Mental state evidence - Syndrome evidence - Profiling evidence - Prediction of risk evidence - Post-traumatic stress disorder evidence - Critical incident stress intervention evidence -- Social Scientists' Evidence: Survey evidence - Historians' evidence - Anthropologists' evidence - Cultural experts' evidence - Linguists' evidence -- Scientists' Evidence: Scientific evidence - Novel scientific evidence - Fingerprinting, footprint and footwear evidence - Document analysis ev