The newest (restyled) version of the Federal Rules of Evidence, reproduced in the appendix, are the anchor of this single-volume Nutshell, with some state variations noted where important. The text summarizes significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including the latest Confrontation Clause cases; additional leading cases; forefront expert and scientific evidence developments; and principal schools of evidentiary thought. It includes practical implementation as well as scholarly approaches, and pays attention to the litigation process as a whole and interdisciplinary cross-pollination where helpful.

Evidence in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

Crump, David

Rothstein, Paul

Raeder, Myrna

Criminal Law

West Academic Publishing

Evidence: Cases, Materials, and Problems is predicated more than ever on the notion that the Federal Rules of Evidence, their state progeny, and cases arising under them, are the major factors in the teaching of Evidence today. The authors have made some changes to build the book more explicitly around the Rules. Interesting or informative cases or materials from other jurisdictions or the common law are still included where those materials shed light on an issue or impart perspective by showing other ways of doing things. For instance, the significant differences such as those in California are highlighted while the authors still use the Federal Rules as the basic organizing principle for this edition. The general plan of the book is this. Each section starts out with a directive to read a particular rule or portion thereof. This may be followed by a brief background explanation of the area, if needed. Then come some essential and teachable cases and other primary materials, each usually followed by a set of expository notes (including some questions) exploring permutations and implications, and finally, some problems testing whether students can apply or critique what they have learned and integrate it with other topics and rules where necessary. Each note, question, or problem has a heading indicating what it treats, so that professors are able to identify the subjects they wish to cover, while students receive direction about the intended focus of each inquiry. The materials in this book cover a wide range of perspectives from intensely pragmatic concerns, through deeply philosophical policy issues, to new approaches to evidentiary analysis. Included are textual explanations, rules, cases, notes, questions, problems, jury instructions, articles, proposals, legislation, and excerpted testimony. Assignments may be tailored to suit the teacher's own preferences on how to best approach Evidence in an introductory course. From both Professor Rothstein and Professor Crump: To our beloved co-author Myrna Raeder, who did not see the publication of this volume, but whose work runs through all of it, and whose insight, wisdom and good humor stay with us after all these years.

Evidence: Cases, Materials, and Problems

Carolina Academic Press

Evidence: Cases, Materials, and Problems by Rothstein, Crump, and Lawson is the best casebook available for understanding the Federal Rules, using them, and debating about them. It is right up to date, with plenty of cases from the twenty-teens. Organized principally according to the Federal Rules, with significant state variations occasionally noted, the book s copious, very descriptive section and subsection headings will help the professor to assign those parts that are desired. There are problems throughout that challenge students both to apply newly learned concepts and to resolve issues at the cutting edge. This casebook has excellent coverage of important subjects such as 403 balancing, character, impeachment, confrontation, experts, and digital evidence. The hearsay and hearsay exception chapters are outstanding they benefit from an original conception by Professor Paul Rothstein, who was a consultant to Congress when the Rules were written. The authors have long classroom experience, they are widely published scholars, and they are all former trial lawyers, so this is a casebook both for the practice of handling evidence and for considering difficult policy issues. Each section starts out with a directive to read a particular rule. Then, a brief background explanation of the area ordinarily follows. Some teachable cases begin the real coverage, followed by notes and questions that explore variations and implications. These cases are followed by more difficult ones, accompanied by problems testing whether students can apply or critique what they have learned and integrate it with other topics. Every note, question, or problem has a heading indicating what it is about, so that professors are able to identify the subjects they wish to cover and students can receive direction about the intended focus of each inquiry. The materials cover a wide range of perspectives, from intensely pragmatic concerns through deeply philosophical policy issues to new approaches to evidentiary analysis. The casebook also includes textual explanations, alternative rules, problem sets, jury instructions, articles, proposals, legislation, and excerpted testimony. The organization is designed to help carry out the teacher's own choices about the best approach to Evidence in an introductory course.

Lawson, Tamara

The latest version of the Federal Rules is the anchor of this book, with some state variations noted where important. The text summarizes significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including the latest Confrontation Clause cases; additional leading cases; forefront expert, scientific, and electronic evidence developments; and principal schools of evidentiary thought. Includes practical implementation as well as scholarly approaches. It pays attention to the litigation process as a whole and includes interdisciplinary cross-pollination where helpful. Numerous signpost-type headings and subheadings light the way, concisely summarizing the gist of each evidentiary concept. The detailed table of contents alone could serve as a complete course outline. Distinctively, an analytical, thoughtful approach is emphasized throughout.

Coleman, Ronald

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Evidence in a Nutshell (Nutshells)

Evidence: Cases, Materials, and Problems

Evidence: Cases, Materials, and Problems

Evidence in a Nutshell (Nutshells)