Evidence under the rules : text, cases, and problems /

Mueller, Christopher B.

Evidence under the rules : text, cases, and problems / Christopher B. Mueller, Laird C. Kirkpatrick. - 4th edition - Gaithersburg : Aspen Law & Business, c2000. - xxxvii, 1064 p. ; 25 cm.

1. Evidence law and the system: Why we have rules of evidence and how they work in an adversary system

2. Relevance

3. Hearsay

4. Hearsay exceptions

5. Relevance revisited

6. Competency of witness

7. Presenting evidence: direct and cross-examination revisited

8. Impeachment of witness

9. Opinion and expert testimony; scientific evidence

10. Burdens of proof and presumptions

11. Judicial notice

12. Privileges

13. Foundational evidence, authentication

14. The best evidence doctrine

Defining an original

Use of duplicate

Best evidence doctrine in operation

Production of original excused

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1047- 1053) and index.

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