The judgment of the US Supreme Court in Crawford v Washington represents a significant development in the law of evidence in the United States. The judgment itself sets out a less than complimentary view of the evidential and procedural laws of continental Europe. This article aims, through an examination of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, to assess the accuracy of this view and to offer a comparative analysis of the confrontation principles in Europe and the United

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... es Abstract The judgment of the US Supreme Court in Crawford v Washington represents a significant development in the law of evidence in the United States. The judgment itself sets out a less than complimentary view of the evidential and procedural laws of continental Europe. This article aims, through an examination of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, to assess the accuracy of this view and to offer a comparative analysis of the confrontation principles in Europe and the United States.