This text is intended to fill a gap between introductory overviews on the one hand and detailed expositions of laws and rules in various jurisdictions on the other. Coverage emphasizes general issues and practical analyses of each procedural and evidentiary stage in roughly chronological order, with grounding in theoretical and comparative perspectives and plenty of attention to articulating arguments for and against various responses. Waincymer (law, Monash U.) thanks assistants and supporters; but he is sole author, and the text bears the stamp of his consistent approach and methods. Aspen Publishers is now Wolters Kluwer Law & Business. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)