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The law of evidence refers to the materials which may be produced in open court to prove that the defendant has, or has not, committed the offence in question. Although in theory (ie in the substantive law), a defendant may appear to be liable for a criminal offence, whether such liability is proven in practice will ultimately depend on the evidence available, the use of that evidence and how the arbiters of fact treat that particular evidence. For a thorough account of the law of evidence, see Doak, McGourlay and Thomas, Evidence: Law and Context, 5th edn (Routledge, 2018).