Product Description: Trial Handbook is the one-stop resource you can trust in the planning, trial, and post-trial stages of litigation. Designed for quick reference in the courtroom, Trial Handbook is keyed to the Federal Rules of Evidence and focuses on the presentation of proof and the evidentiary problems faced by counsel...read more

<p> For insight into the actual application of evidentiary rules in the courtroom, <b> Trial Evidence, Fourth Edition</b>, takes the point of view of the trial judge. Highly respected authors Mauet and Wolfson explore the methods, strategies, and tactics of trial evidence through an analytical approach that reveals how judges and trial lawyers think about evidentiary rules—particularly the Federal rules of Evidence. </p> <p> A terrific contribution to trial practice teaching materials, <b>Trial Evidence, Fourth Edition</b>, features: </p> <ul> <li> <b>sterling authorship</b> from two luminaries in the clinical field </li> <li> <b>complete coverage</b> of the effective use of evidence in a trial setting </li> <li> <b>an analytical structure</b> that reflects how judges and trial lawyers think about evidentiary rules, particularly the Federal Rules of Evidence </li> <li> <b>numerous examples</b> that illustrate how various evidentiary issues arise in practice, both before and during trial </li> <li> <i><b>Law and Practice</b></i><b> sections</b>, integrated throughout the book, based on actual federal and state cases </li> <li> <b>chronological organization that follows the sequence of a trial</b>—opening statement, direct examination, cross examination, closing arguments </li> <li> <b>straightforward writing style</b> and a <b>focus on practice</b>, not theory </li> <li> <b>complimentary CD-ROM with over 300 evidence problems based on actual reported cases</b> </li> </ul> <p> <b>Updated throughout, the Fourth Edition includes:</b> </p> <ul> <li> discussion of the <b>Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause</b>, and all Supreme Court cases interpreting <i>Crawford v. Washington</i> </li> <li> coverage of the <b>admissibility of electronic evidence</b>, such as email, web pages postings, and digital photographs </li> <li> <b>Amendments to FRE 404(a), 408, 606(b), and 609(a)(2)</b>, integrated throughout the text </li> <li> important <b>Supreme Court updates</b> through June 2008 </li> <li> <b>new problems</b> on the CD-ROM regarding the Confrontation Clause and electronic evidence admissibility issues </li> </ul> <p> <b>Trial Evidence, Fourth Edition</b> offers comprehensive coverage of the real-life applications of evidence at trial, helmed by two authors you trust to bring valuable insight into your classroom. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>

Product Description: Trial Handbook is the one-stop resource you can trust in the planning, trial and post-trial stages of litigation now in an all-new format designed for ease of use both in your office and in the courtroom. Designed for quick reference at trial, the Handbook is keyed to the Federal Rules of Evidence, and focuses on the presentation of proof and the evidentiary problems faced by counsel...read more

Product Description: The Criminal Trial Handbook is a concise and practical treatise that sets forth the nuts and bolts of what every lawyer needs to know to competently and effectively try a criminal case. Designed for use by both prosecutors and defense attorneys, experienced and inexperienced, the handbook is compiled and written by a California Superior Court judge with nearly 30 years of courtroom experience...read more