Evidence Under the Rules: Text, Cases, and Problems (Casebook)

By Christopher B. Mueller and Laird C. Kirkpatrick

Book Overview

Continuing its phenomenal success, this Third Edition retains an exceptionally teachable blend of clear textual explanations, engaging problems, lucid notes, and carefully edited cases. Changes include: important cases, including Daubert involving scientific evidence, Williamson concerning against-interest statements offered against criminal defendants, and Tome regarding prior consistent statements problems on DNA, including rape-murder and paternity cases Federal Rules 413-415 covering prior offenses by defendants in sexual assault trials, child abuse trials, and civil suits alleging sexual assault or child abuse - and a new problem applying FRE 413 coverage of the Federal Rape Shield Rule expanded coverage of prior crimes evidence under FRE 404 reorganization of the chapter on special relevancy doctrines to more closely follow the organization of FRE 404-405 thorough coverage of self-incrimination Flexible, logical organization: mirrors the organization of the Federal Rules of Evidence to introduce your students To The Rules opens with an introductory chapter that explores the reason for and background of Evidence Law allows you to teach the course in the order its written, or start with concepts easier to grasp This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735568332
• ISBN13: 9780735568334
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Length: 935 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.2" x 10.3"

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I have to disagree with the two reviewers below. This was one of my favorite texts as a law student, and I repeatedly refer back to it as a practicing lawyer. The hornbook version is probably the best practice guide out there. I understand the criticism about too many questions, but I've seen many books with far more. The quality and clarity of analysis here is unparalleled. I don't write in the margins, so I guess I don't...