evidence Guide
This guide will introduce you to some of the helpful sources in the area of evidence. Click on the tabs below to check for resources that may help you get started on your research.
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Research Guides
Digital evidence in the courtroom : a guide for law enforcement and prosecutors.
Also available via Internet from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service web site. Address as of 3/2/07: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/211314.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
Electronic discovery and digital evidence in a nutshell
A concise treatment of all issues relating to the use of electronic information in litigation today. Extensive treatment of questions of preservation, search for and production of electronically stored information, as well as the ethical issues faces by lawyers in managing all of this information. The book also discusses how electronic information can be produced in court and how the federal rules can be and have been adopted to accommodate digital evidence. The book has been written by the author of the landmark Zubulake opinions; the Reporter to the Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence; and the Sedona Conference, which is at the forefront of thinking and writing on the problems of electronic discovery.
Evidence by George Fisher
Inspired by problems that spring from real life, Evidence presents the intricacies of evidence law in a way that law students will find both intellectually compelling and enjoyable. The author covers materials in detail, including relevance, reliability, and privileges. Whenever possible, problems are based on facts quoted from cases or news articles, complete with citations. This fact-based approach piques student interest, causing them to ask, How would a good lawyer attack this problem? rather than What is the professor driving at? Written with the belief that students typically prefer to look at the courtroom world through the criminal law lense, the casebook emphasizes the criminal context, while using civil cases when illustrating rules that apply mainly in the civil context.
Evidence in America : the federal rules in the states by Gregory P. Joseph, Stephen A. Saltzburg and the Trial Evidence Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation
This work analyzes decisions rendered in state courts which interpret the Federal Rules of Evidence. Special emphasis is placed on such areas as videotape and demonstrative evidence, the Erie Doctrine, hynotically-induced testimony, the Frye Test, hearsay and the Confrontation Clause, and authenication of computer-generated evidence.
Federal rules of evidence in a nutshell
The Federal Rules of Evidence in a Nutshell, 7th is a perfect supplement for students learning evidence through the case method. Commentary sections explaining and exploring the concepts underlying the particular rules help students understand the theory, application, and interrelationships found in the Federal Rules of Evidence. This new edition is updated throughout and includes discussions of the important Crawford case and Davis case.
Federal rules of evidence manual by Stephen A. Saltzburg, Michael M. Martin, Daniel J. Capra.
The Federal Rules of Evidence map: a bird's eye view of the Federal Rules of Evidence for law students
The new Wigmore a treatise on evidence: selected rules of limited admissibility: regulation of evidence to promote extrinsic policies and values
Of immense value in civil and criminal litigation, this new publication is packed with authoritative answers to your most pressing admissibility questions. This volume provides: the only extensive treatment that shows you how to invoke the exceptions To The exclusionary rules in both federal and state courts the most up-to-date analysis of the issues raised by these crucial and complex rules, with hundreds of cases And The latest state codifications as well as thorough investigation of the roots of the rules, So you can underpin your argument with powerful support Expert guidance on framing limiting instructions to protect a party from jury misuse of evidence Extensive breakdown into levels of subsections, So you can find the specific material you need quickly and easily Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility is the first volume to appear in 'The New Wigmore' -- so called to emphasize the matchless scope and depth that will make the ultimate new set a genuine modern counterpart To The classic treatise. Each volume stands alone as a complete treatment of its subject matter.
Digital evidence in the courtroom : a guide for law enforcement and prosecutors.
Also available via Internet from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service web site. Address as of 3/2/07: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/211314.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
