Evidence Law : A Student's Guide to the Law of Evidence As Applied to American Trials

by Roger C. Park, David P. Leonard, Steven H. Goldberg

This is a lawyer's treatise designed specifically for law students. It is an adaptation of the Trial Objections Handbook, a work for practitioners that provided a concise description of the law of evidence from the perspective of the advocate who had to offer and oppose it, rather than from the perspective of the judge who had to rule on it. Where possible, the Handbook discusses evidence issues in the language of the courtroom - full of examples and arguments in context as spoken by trial lawyers. In preparing this version for students, we have kept the advocate's perspective and have tried to be true to the notion that lawyers must employ evidence rules quickly and concisely in the courtroom.

619 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1998