Modern Evidence Doctrine and Practice Author:Laird C. Kirkpatrick, Christopher B. Mueller 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... more » crucial issues as: * New standards governing the admissibility of scientific evidence
* Testimony on social frameworks and syndromes
* The confrontation clause and the admissibility of hearsay
* Admissibility of prior offenses
* The Rape Shield provision
* Refreshing witnesses' memories
* Repair and rehabilitation of impeached
* witnesses
* Non-conviction misconduct
* How a privilege must be claimed and how it can be waived
* The 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.« less