Document Type
Podcast
Title
Colton Fehr: Re-thinking Oaths and Affirmations
Run Time
00:23:47
Release Date
2020
Episode Description
Join Charlotte and Colton Fehr, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, as they discuss his recent paper in the DLJ: "Re-thinking the Process for Administering Oaths and Affirmations"
Colton explains the potential for judges and juries to be biased against witnesses, based on how they choose to swear to tell the truth. He offers an alternative procedure that reduces the potential for bias but maintains the truth-seeking function of the oath/affirmation process.
You can read Colton's article here: Colton Fehr, "Re-thinking the Process for Administering Oaths and Affirmations" (2020) 43:2 Dal LJ 637.
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