Product Description: The 2nd Edition has been reorganized to reflect feedback from users and provides a comprehensive treatment of the former rules while highlighting the new language of the restyling project. The FREs are presented in a clear and concise format that is accessible and engaging to students...read more

This casebook provides a comprehensive, problem-based approach to studying the rules of evidence. Organized around the federal rules, this casebook provides coverage of every single rule; yet, through careful case choice and editing, Professor Nicolas has produced a book that can easily be taught from cover-to-cover in as few as three semester hours. Key features of the casebook include approximately 115 in-depth problems that are designed to teach all the nuances of the rules, as well as coverage of selected state rules of evidence that differ significantly from the federal rules designed to facilitate class discussion about the policies underlying the rules of evidence. In addition, the casebook contains an enriched section on scientific evidence, in-depth coverage of the rules to electronic evidence, and a chapter on appellate review of evidentiary rulings. The third edition of the casebook builds on the strengths of the second edition while at the same time updating it to reflect recent developments. The text of the third edition has been revised to reflect the language of the Restyled Federal Rules of Evidence, which take effect in December 2011. The third edition will contain edited versions of the Supreme Court's most recent Confrontation Clause decisions, including Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, Michigan v. Bryant, and Bullcoming v. New Mexico. The third edition will also include recent decisions applying the rules of evidence to electronic evidence, including cases involving information found on social networking websites. In addition, the third edition contains expanded coverage of state rules of evidence that differ significantly from the federal rules. Finally, in an effort to keep the book manageable in length, Professor Nicolas has--as a general rule--tried to remove a page of material for every new page added. An annual supplement is produced each year that includes the latest developments in evidence law so as to keep the textbook up-to-date between editions. A separate statutory supplement includes the federal rules of evidence and selected legislative history. In addition, the Teacher's Manual includes detailed answers to all of the problems contained in the casebook.

The 11th edition of this intellectually challenging casebook provides a complete overview of evidence, including key U.S. Supreme Court and other court opinions, updated information on scientific evidence, new questions and hypotheticals, and common courtroom objections.

The most significant change in the Seventh Edition deals with the revolution in Confrontation Clause jurisprudence occasioned by the Supreme Court's decisions in Crawford v. Washington (2004) and Davis v. Washington (2006). The confrontation section of the book in Chapter 13 is completely revised and substantially expanded. Extensive notes describe the operation of the earlier system of confrontation analysis, the immediate impact, and the areas of continuing uncertainty under Crawford and Davis. The new edition also continues the trend in the Sixth Edition, which dramatically revamped the book's treatment of scientific evidence, and includes a number of new cases and notes regarding scientific evidence because of the dynamic nature of that particular area of evidence law.

<p> <b>Evidence Under the Rules, Sixth Edition</b>, frames engaging problems and seminal cases in an eminently clear organization that adapts to a variety of teaching approaches. </p> <p> <b>Smart and unassuming, <i>Evidence Under the Rules</i> continues to feature:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>a respected and well-known author team</b>—Mueller and Kirkpatrick are experts and trusted authors in the field of evidence </li> <li> <b>a logical and clear organization</b> structured around the Federal Rules of Evidence </li> <li> <b>effectively balanced pedagogy</b>—lucid exposition, problems, and carefully edited cases </li> <li> <b>numerous and engaging problems</b> that give students practice applying the Federal Rules of Evidence </li> <li> <b>focused case excerpts</b> that home in on the relevant evidentiary aspects of the case </li> <li> <b>a flexible organization</b> that adapts to a variety of teaching approaches </li> <li> <b>a detailed Teacher's Manual</b> <ul> <li> a new guide to excerpts from the media demonstrating the FRE being applied—or misapplied </li> </ul> </li> <li> a companion <b>2008 Statutory and Case Supplement </b> </li> </ul> <p> The Sixth Edition offers renewed timeliness and excellence, through: </p> <ul> <li> <b>numerous new and highly teachable problems</b> </li> <li> A DVD, available to professors for classroom use, featuring movie clips that illustrate and dramatize important points of evidence </li> <li> <b>new material on post-Crawford developments</b> regarding the right of confrontation </li> <li> coverage of the <b>2006 amendments to the FRE 404, 408, 606, and 609</b> </li> <li> <b>revised treatment of scientific evidence </b> </li> <li> <b>recent and significant case law</b> </li> </ul> <p> For a well-constructed problem-based casebook that won’t throw a veil over the Federal Rules of Evidence, examine the <b>Sixth Edition</b> of <b>Evidence Under The Rules</b>. You’ll discover that it supports your teaching. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

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Product Description: Many of the new problems added to this edition concern the Supreme Court's new approach to confrontation in Crawford v. Washington. A number have been added for expert testimony, and revisions have been made regarding DNA evidence...read more