Evidentiary Foundations

by Edward J. Imwinkelried

Book Overview

Edward Imwinkelried received the 2020 John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award is gifted annually to the top evidence scholar of the year by the Evidence Law Section of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1422422836
• ISBN13: 9781422422830
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: LexisNexis
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Great for practicing attorneys

This publication is a perfect addition to any practicing attorney's library on how to properly establish a foundation for the major evidentiary processes. It is a must for the courtroom lawyer.

One of Those Books

Use it in law school and keep it around for a long time after. Keeper!

Before Every Trial...

Before and during every trial, I refer to this book. It lays out the elements necessary to lay a foundation of mostly any type of evidence and lays out the questions necessary to establish that foundation. It serves as a terrific checklist, not only to learn the rules in law school, but to use them in the courtroom. An absolute must have. I also recommend Thomas Mauet's Fundamentals of Trial Techniques. It is lacking in the foundation for more current evidence -- e.g., emails, web pages, etc.

A trial necessity

I've been a criminal defense attorney in Alaska for many years, working in areas where I had no one else to talk over my cases with and where the law library consisted of just the state statutes and the Pacific Reporters. The lists of foundational requirements set out in this book have helped me plan direct and cross examinations for trials, and have helped me innumerable times sound intelligent and in control when making objections or in meeting objections. The examples are very helpful. The book is good for law students; it's wonderful for practicing attorneys.

An excellent how-to-book on laying the proper foundations

This book is a must for any law student who desires to learn the proper method for laying evidentiary foundations in a court of law. The book contains numerous examples of proper methods of how to enter various evidence items. The book also covers all of the important evidence rules and explains them in a logical useful manner. Highly recommended--I have seen quite a few trial lawyers referring to this book in actual practice