Status
Available
Call number
LCC
KF8935 .W54
ISBN
0316845604 / 9780316845601
Publication
Boston [Mass.] : Little, Brown & Company, Limited
Physical description
1888 p.; 25 cm
Local notes
Evidence in trials at common law volume 1A contents: Ch. 3 - General theory of relevancy. 1. Kinds of evidentiary facts. 2. General considerations affecting relevancy. 3. Modes of inference and types of argument. 4. Modern theories of relevancy, 1931 - 1981. Title I: Circumstantial evidence. Ch. 4 - Introductory : general theory of circumstantial evidence. Subtitle I. Evidence to prove a human act. Topic 1: Prospectant evidence. Ch. 5. Subtopic A: character or disposition as evidence of a human act. 1. Preliminary discriminations. 2. Character as evidentiary for an act. 3. Character as evidentiary for other purposes. 4. Character as an issue in the case. Ch. 6 - Subtopic B: Physical capacity, skill, or means as evidence of an act. Subtopic C. Habit or custom. Subtopic D. Design or plan. Subtopic E. Emotion or motive. Topic II. Concomitant evidence. Ch. 7. A. Opportunity. B. Essential inconsistency. Topic III. Retrospectant evidence. Ch. 8. A. Mechanical traces. B. Organic traces. C. Mental traces. Subtitle II: Evidence to prove a human quality or condition. Ch. 9. Topic I: Evidence to prove character or disposition. 1. Conduct to show character of a defendant in a criminal case. 2. Conduct to show character of other persons evidentially used. 3. Conduct to show character in issue. 4. Conduct independently usable evidentially to prove fact other than character. Includes summary of contents, table of contents and illustrations.