Trial evidence /
Mauet (law, U. of Arizona) and retired judge Wolfson (law, DePaul U.) use the "three R's"--relevant, reliability, and right--as an analytical framework to show how judges and lawyers think about evidence in trials. The material is organized by the stages of a trial and with more infor...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business,
2012
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| Edition: | 5th ed |
| Series: | Aspen coursebook series
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Table of Contents:
- An advocacy approach to trial evidence
- The role and power of the trial judge : evidentiary objections before and during trial
- Opening statements
- Direct examination of witnesses : basic considerations
- Direct examination of witnesses : relevance
- Direct examination of witnesses : hearsay and non-hearsay
- Direct examination of witnesses : hearsay exceptions
- Direct examination of witnesses : policy exclusions and privileges
- Direct examination of experts
- Exhibits
- Judicial notice and presumptions
- Cross-examination and impeachment of lay and expert witnesses
- Redirect, recross, rebuttal, and surrebuttal
- Closing arguments