Evidence in trials at common law

Evidence in trials at common law Volume 7 contents: Book I. Admissibility (continued). Part II. Rules of auxiliary probative policy (continued). Title IV. Simplificative rules (continued). Subtitle III. Opinion rule. Ch. 67 - Topic I. General principle. Ch. 68 - Topic II. Opinion rule applied to sundry topics. 1. Sanity. 2. Value. 3. Insurance risk (increase or materiality). 4. Conduct (including care, reasonableness, safety, and the like). 5. Law. 6. State of mind (intention, feelings, knowledge, meaning, understanding, and the like). 7. Sundry topics. Ch. 69 - Topic III. Opinion rule as applied to testimony to moral character and professional skill. 1. History and present state of the law. 2. Policy of the rule. Ch. 70 - Topic IV. Opinion rule as applied to handwriting evidence. A. history of handwriting evidence rule. B. General theory. C. Present state of the law upon the above kinds of evidence. 1. Lay testimony based on specimens nunc visis. 2. Expert testimony based on specimens nunc visis. 3. Jury's perusal of specimens. D. Sundry expert testimony to genuineness other than by knowledge of handwriting type. Ch. 71 - Title V. Synthetic (or quantitative) rules. Subtitle I. Number of witnesses required; corroboration required. A. Rules of number depending on the kind of issue. 1. Criminal cases. 2. Civil cases. B. Rules depending on the kind of witness. Ch. 72 - Subtitle II. Kinds of witnesses required. Ch. 73 - Subtitle III. Verbal completeness. I. Must the whole of the utterance be first offered by the proponent? A. Oral utterances. B. Documents. II. May the whole of the utterance be afterwards put in by the opponent? Ch. 74 - Subtitle IV. Authentication of documents. I. In general. II. Specific rules of sufficiency for circumstantial evidence. 1. Authentication by age of document. 2. Authentication by contents. 3. Authentication by custody. 4. Authentication by official seal or signature. Includes preface, summary of contents and table of contents.