The general requirement of relevance -- Specific exclusions of relevant material -- Defining hearsay -- Exceptions to the hearsay exclusionary rule -- Examination and impeachment -- Expert testimony -- Privileges -- Authentication and the original writing rule -- Presumptions -- Judicial notice -- Analyzing exam questions : multi-issue essay and multiple-choice questions.
Summary:
"Learn a few simple rules and amaze your friends! There is much more than that to evidence law, but you do have to learn the basic structure to do well in an evidence course, the bar examination, or actual litigation. And it is only when you understand the explicit doctrines of evidence law that you can spot the sophisticated and complicated ambiguities that remain even after the adoption of a code, the Federal Rules of Evidence"-- Provided by publisher.
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