Evidence: Practice Under the Rules

In this valuable tool for litigators, the authors provide a comprehensive yet easy-to-use guide to the Federal Rules of Evidence and their state counterparts. They explore a wide range of applications that are difficult or important in practice and suggest new approaches to surmount challenges. They provide practical, expert guidance on such crucial issues as:New standards governing the admissibility of scientific evidenceTestimony on social frameworks and syndromesThe Confrontation Clause and the admissibility of hearsayAdmissibility of prior offensesThe Rape Shield provisionRefreshing witnesses' memoriesRepair and rehabilitation of impeached witnessesNonconviction misconductHow a privilege must be claimed and how it can be waivedThe scope of professional, familial, and governmental evidentiary privileges.For each case cited you'll find a two-sentence summary, so you can quickly and effortlessly find those cases most relevant to the issues you're researching.Laird C. Kirkpatrick is the author of 'Evidence: Practice Under the Rules', published 1995 under ISBN 9780735504479 and ISBN 0735504474.