Evidence Cases, Commentary, and Problems

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Now, there is a refreshing new alternative for teaching and learning evidence - David Sklansky's Evidence: Cases, Commentary, and Problems . This brand-new casebook focuses on core concepts and advanced issues in a manageable and readable 700 pages. These distinctive characteristics make the casebook a worthy teaching tool: excerpts from treatises and law review articles, pertinent portions of the legislative history of the rules (particularly the Advisory Committee Notes), and congressional reports and relevant floor debates supplement cases carefully crafted problems - some hypothetical and some based on actual cases - help students test their understanding of particularly confusing rules the selection and organization of the materials reflects the pervasive influence of the Federal Rules of Evidence covers all the traditional evidence topics, As well as areas of emerging debate, such as questioning by jurors; also includes scientific evidence and probabilistic proof an introductory chapter provides necessary background on the traditional structure of the Anglo-American trial, The nature and sources of evidence law, The development of modern evidence codes, and how to approach the study of evidence law the casebook is just one component of a complete teaching package that also includes: a statutory supplement a website where updates and relevant links will be available to users