THE EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF ORAL ARCHIVES
THE EVIDENTIAL VALUE OF ORAL ARCHIVES
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Date
2015
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BUBE, Abdulkarim Aliyu
MUSA, Ibrahim
HARUNA, Mustapha
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This paper discussed the evidential value of oral archives. The paper emphasised
and defined oral archives that are used in the court to judge cases. Oral archives as
evidential records are used by the court to judge different cases. These cases include
theft, armed robbery, murder fight etc. Importance of oral archive in the court such
as proving the occurrence of crime, giving strong belief for the occurrence of the
crime, giving details of the time, place and the participant found in the crime etc
were discussed. Factors considered by the court before judgment is done using oral
archives as evidence, such as originality of the oral archives, sources of oral
acquiring archives, wide spread, the creator of the oral archives etc are discussed in
the paper. It was concluded that oral archives are used in the court as sources of
evidence for judgment making. It was recommended that individual as well as
organization should create and keep oral archives because of their evidential value.