The Book Content
Part A: Digital Evidence
Chapter 1:
An Overview of the Law of Evidence: The Pre-Digital Age
Chapter 2:
The Emergence of the Law of Evidence in the Contemporary World:
Integrated Circuits and the Concept of Binary Digits
Chapter 3:
Understanding Computer System Components, Functions and Their Evidentiary Values
Chapter 4:
Digital Evidence Sources and Their Evidentiary Values
Chapter 5:
Admissibility Foundation for Digital Evidence
Chapter 6:
Electronic Document and Admissibility Foundation
Chapter 7:
Digital Images as Evidence
Chapter 8:
Cellphone Data and Cellular Networks as Evidence
Chapter 9:
Social Networks and Digital Evidence
Chapter 10:
Satellite Image (Data) as Digital Evidence
Chapter 11:
Electronic Banking and Evidentiary Challenges
Chapter 12:
Legal Issues Specific to Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Forensic Evidence
Chapter 13:
Logs as Digital Evidence
Chapter 14:
Cryptography and Blockchain: The Backbone of Digital Evidence Authentication
Chapter 15:
Chain of Custody: It’s Application to Digital Evidence
Chapter 16:
Judicial Notice in the Digital Age
Chapter 17:
System Malfunction and Integrity Violation: A Case for Section 84 of the Evidence Act, 2011
Chapter 18:
Evaluation of Section 84 of Nigeria Evidence Act 2011 and A Critique of the Supreme Court Decisions in Kubor v. Dickson and Kubor v. Sylva
Part B: eDiscovery Law Practice
Chapter 19:
eDiscovery: An Overview
Chapter 20:
The Development of eDiscovery Guidelines, Reference Models/Legal Framework
Chapter 21:
An Overview of eDiscovery Development and Application in Different Jurisdictions and Nigeria
Chapter 22:
Litigation-Readiness Plan: Getting Ready for eDiscovery
Chapter 23:
The Preservation of Evidence and Litigation Hold
Chapter 24:
Pre-Trial Conference, and Early Exchange of Computer System Information, Pursuant to eDiscovery
Chapter 25:
Production of Electronically Stored Document
Chapter 26:
Accessibility and Inaccessibility Issues in the Production of Electronically Stored Information
Chapter 27:
The Principle of Proportionality in Producing Electronically Stored Information in eDiscovery
Chapter 28:
Organisations, in-house legal departments and IT personnel can no longer turn a blind eye and pretend electronic discovery is just a passing fad. The 21st century courts are not only handling electronic data as mainstream discovery, they are also unwilling to tolerate destruction of relevant electronic evidence. Chapter 28 explains the notion of spoliation of evidence and sanctions that go with it.
Chapter 29:
Subject-Specific Sources of Discoverable Electronic Stored Information in eDiscovery
Chapter 30:
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2011: Access to Information in the Age of Electronic Record
Part C: Digital Forensic Investigation, Prosecution and Defence
Chapter 31:
The Basic Concepts and Locard Exchange Principle in Digital Forensic Investigations
Chapter 32:
Investigators, Prosecutors and Defence Counsel Familiarity with Basic Computer Concepts and Resources
Chapter 33:
Locating and Protecting Electronically-Stored Data in Digital Investigation
Chapter 34:
Digital Forensic Investigative Tools
Chapter 35:
Search and Seizure in Digital Forensic Investigation
Chapter 36:
Digital Forensic Investigative Methodology and Techniques
Chapter 37:
Application of Digital Forensic Investigative Technique: A Case of Money Laundry in Nigeria
Chapter 38:
Cybercrime: Evidentiary Issues in Prosecution and Defence in Consequence of Digital Forensic Investigation
Part D: Expert Witness and Forensic Evidence
Chapter 39:
The Emergence of Expert Witness, the Concept of Expert Opinion and Common Knowledge
Chapter 40:
Duties and Responsibilities of Expert Witness
Chapter 41:
Ethical Issues and Disqualification of Expert Witness
Chapter 42:
The Expert Witness Report
Chapter 43:
Admissibility of Forensic Expert Evidence in Court
Chapter 44:
Digital Forensic Expert Witness in Court
Part E: Precedents and Landmark Cases from Foreign Jurisdictions in Digital Evidence, eDiscovery, Digital Forensic Investigation and Forensic Expert Evidence
Chapter 45:
Stare Decisis and Persuasive Authority: Resort to Foreign Decisions in Digital Evidence and eDiscovery Law Practice in Nigeria
Chapter 46:
Digital Evidence: Landmark Cases
Chapter 47:
eDiscovery: Landmark Cases
Chapter 48:
Digital Forensic Investigation: Landmark Cases
Chapter 49:
Forensic Expert Evidence: Landmark Cases