Research Catalog

Title

Evidence : teaching materials for an age of science and statutes / Ronald L. Carlson [and others].

Publication

Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Carlson, Ronald L., 1934-

Description

xxxvi, 983, [76] pages; 26 cm

Summary

"This heavily discounted, three-hole punched, alternative loose-leaf version of the hardbound book is printed on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper with wider margins and with the same pagination as the hardbound book. Judge Calabresi has pointed out that this is the Age of Statutes, and some commentators have asserted that trial by jury is becoming trial by expert. Therefore, competent attorneys must be adept at working with scientific material and at interpreting statutes. The Sixth Edition of this casebook again enables students to learn how to use materials generated by scientific researchers and to develop statutory interpretation skills. The authors emphasize scientific problems, with repeated references to Daubert and its progeny. Evidentiary doctrine coverage is reduced, to allow for deeper treatment of the science behind much of the evidence presented in modern trials. This Sixth Edition, even more so than previous editions, uses scientific research to critique the underlying assumptions of Evidence Law. Throughout the text, the Sixth Edition stresses statutory construction skills, and at appropriate points it discusses the contrast between the textualist and legal process schools of legisprudence."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Evidence (Law) > United States > Cases
• Preuve (Droit) > États-Unis > Jurisprudence
• Evidence (Law)
• United States

Genre/Form

Trials, litigation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The philosophy and history of American evidence law -- Evidence : types, sources, and substitutes -- The chronology of a trial -- The examination of a witness -- The roles of judge, jury, and attorneys -- Overview : a conceptual framework -- Witness competency -- Logical relevance : probative valve -- Specialized aspects of logical elevance -- Specialized aspects of logical relevance : identification of physical evidence -- Specialized aspects of logical relevance : identification of speakers and verification of photographs and charts -- Specialized aspects of logical relevance : validation of scientific evidence -- Legal irrelevance : the discretion of the court to exclude -- Specialized aspects of legal irrelevance : character, habit, other acts and transactions -- Credibility evidence : bolstering and impeaching -- Credibility : impeachment techniques -- Credibility : rehabilitation -- The rule against hearsay : the admissibility of out-of-court statements -- Hearsay : the exemption for admissions -- Hearsay : exceptions that do not require proof of unavailability -- Hearsay : exceptions that require proof of unavailability -- The future of the rule against hearsay : residual exception -- Opinion evidence : lay and expert -- The best evidence rule : the admissibility of copies, summaries, etc. -- Privilege : a general analytical approach -- Privilege : specialized aspects -- Compromise -- Remedial measures -- Liability insurance -- The initial burden of going forward -- The ultimate burden of persuasion -- Constitutional overrides : confrontation, compulsory process and due process.

ISBN

• 1422407888
• 9781422407882

LCCN

2007931461

OCLC

• 170925048
• SCSB-10386739

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library