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Tables of Contents for Evidence
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Acknowledgments
vii
Table of Cases
xxv
Table of Secondary Authorities
xxxi
Introduction
1
16
UNIT I: RELEVANCE
17
308
General Principles of Relevance
18
61
Probativeness and Materiality
18
12
Conditional Relevance
30
8
Probativeness Versus the Risk of Unfair Prejudice
38
41
The Specialized Relevance Rules
79
45
Subsequent Remedial Measures
84
13
Compromise Offers and Payment of Medical Expenses
97
9
Liability Insurance
106
10
Pleas in Criminal Cases
116
8
Character Evidence
124
113
The Character--Propensity Rule
124
19
Routes Around the Box
143
32
The Huddleston Standard
175
7
Propensity Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
182
26
Proof of the Defendant's and the Victim's Character
208
16
Proof of Defendant's and Victim's Character in Civil Cases
224
7
Evidence of Habit
231
6
Character for Truthfulness
237
49
General Principles
237
11
Use of Past Convictions
248
29
Rehabilitation
277
3
Use of Extrinsic Evidence
280
6
The Rape Shield Law
286
39
Historical Backdrop
286
5
The Shield Law
291
8
The Law in Force
299
26
UNIT II: RELIABILITY
325
402
Competency of Witnesses
326
8
The Rule Against Hearsay
334
185
Historical Prelude
334
2
Defining Hearsay
336
27
Statements of Party-Opponents
363
22
Past Statements of Witnesses and Past Testimony
385
37
Hearsay Exceptions Under Rule 804: ``Declarant Unavailable''
422
33
Hearsay Exceptions Under Rule 803: ``Availability of Declarant Immaterial''
455
64
Confrontation and Compulsory Process
519
68
The Confrontation Clause and Hearsay
519
31
The Bruton Doctrine
550
23
Compulsory Process
573
14
Lay Opinions and Expert Testimony
587
109
Lay Opinions
587
7
Expert Testimony
594
102
Authentication, Identification, and the ``Best Evidence'' Rule
696
31
Authentication and Identification
696
18
The ``Best Evidence Rule''
714
13
UNIT III: PRIVILEGES
727
132
Privileges: General Principles
728
27
The Lawyer--Client Privilege and the Privilege Against Self--Incrimination
755
72
Scope of the Lawyer--Client Privilege
756
27
The Crime--Fraud Exception
783
7
Government Lawyers
790
6
The Lawyer--Client Privilege and the Privilege Against Self--Incrimination
796
31
Familial Privileges
827
32
The Marital Privileges
827
20
A Parent--Child Privilege?
847
12
Conclusion
859
8
Index
867