Status
Available
Call number
LCC
KF8935 .M29
ISBN
9780314161437
Publication
St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West.
Physical description
930 p.; 26 cm
Local notes
McCormick on evidence volume 1 contents: Title 1: Introduction. Ch. 1 - Preparing and presenting the evidence. Title 2: Examination of witnesses. Ch. 2 - The form of questions on direct: the judge's witnesses: refreshing memory. Ch. 3 - The requirement of firsthand knowledge: the opinion rule: expert testimony. Ch, 4 - Cross-examination and subsequent examinations. Ch. 5 - Impeachment. Title 3: Admission and exclusion. Ch. 6 - The procedure of admitting and excluding evidence. Ch. 7 - The competency of witnesses. Title 5: Privilege: common law and statutory. Ch. 8 - The scope and effect of the evidentiary privileges. Ch. 9 - The privilege for marital communications. Ch. 10 - The client's privilege: communications between client & lawyer. Ch. 11 - The privilege for confidential information secured in the course of the physician-patient relationship. Ch. 12 - Privileges for governmental secrets. Title 6: Privilege: constitutional. Ch. 13 - The privilege against self-incrimination. Ch. 14 - Confessions. Ch. 15 - The privilege concerning improperly obtained evidence. Title 7: Relevancy and its counterweights. Ch. 16 - Relevance. Ch. 17 - Character and habit. Ch. 18 - Similar happenings and transactions. Ch. 19 - Insurance against liability. Ch. 20 - Experimental and scientific evidence. Includes preface, summary of contents, table of contents and the 2010 pocket part.
Description
This single-volume treatise is largely free of citations to authority, but retains the most notable footnotes. Topics covered include preparing and presenting evidence, cross-examination, and the procedure for admitting and excluding evidence. Discusses privilege against self-incrimination, privilege concerning improperly obtained evidence, scientific evidence, and demonstrative evidence. Reviews authentication, the hearsay rule, burdens of proof, and presumptions. Text also identifies current issues.