This book is a comparative study of the exclusion of illegally gathered evidence in the
criminal trial which includes 15 country studies a chapter on the European Court of Human
Rights and a comparative synthetic conclusion. No other book has undertaken such a broad
comparative study of exclusionary rules which have now become a world-wide phenomenon. The
topic is one of the most controversial in criminal procedure law because it reveals a constant
tension between the criminal court¿s duty to ascertain the truth on the one hand and its duty
to uphold important constitutional rights on the other most importantly the privilege against
self-incrimination and the right to privacy in one's home and one's private communications. The
chapters were contributed by noted world experts on the subject for the XVIII Congress of the
International Academy of Comparative Law in Washington in July 2010.
