 | Evidence: Cases and Materials (University Casebook Series)
by Waltz, Park, Friedman
Edition/Year: 11th ed., 2009
ISBN: 9781599414485
Format: Hardcover-New
SKU: 93023
Our Low Price: $154.95 | | Availability: This item ships within the next business day. | This latest edition of Evidence contains questions and hypotheticals on the complex law of evidence. It includes an essay to familiarize students with common courtroom objections, and reviews the Supreme Court's latest Confrontation Clause case, Lilly v. Virginia, (1999). The work contains an expanded section on scientific evidence, polygraph cases, expert testimony, and field sobriety tests. Other materials include discussion of prior convictions under Rules 413, 414, and 415, business duty rule, judicial findings as public records, impeachment of a hearsay declarant with specific acts evidence, and the application of Rule 703 to hearsay evidence of street value of drugs.
Table of Contents includes:
Making the Record;
Trial Objections;
An Introduction to Relevance;
The Hearsay Rule;
Impeachment and Rehabilitation; Cross–Examination;
Confidentiality and Confidential Communication;
Governmental Privileges;
Writings;
Competency of Witnesses;
Judicial Notice;
The Burden of Proof and Presumptions;
Opinion, Expertise and Experts;
Scientific and Demonstrative Evidence.
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