Modern Evidence: Doctrine and Practice

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 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.