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Reality Check: A Modest Modification To Rationalize Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions, Liesa L. Richter
Reality Check: A Modest Modification To Rationalize Rule 803 Hearsay Exceptions, Liesa L. Richter
Liesa L. Richter
No abstract provided.
Posnerian Hearsay: Slaying The Discretion Dragon, Liesa L. Richter
Posnerian Hearsay: Slaying The Discretion Dragon, Liesa L. Richter
Liesa L. Richter
Distinguished jurist and scholar, Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit penned a concurrence in United States v. Boyce, 742 F.3d 792 (7th Cir. 2014), in which he launched a scathing attack on the scheme of categorical hearsay exceptions embodied in the Federal Rules of Evidence. After characterizing the existing hearsay regime as bad “folk psychology,” Judge Posner called for the repeal of categorical hearsay exceptions in favor of case-by-case determinations about the “reliability” of particular hearsay statements by trial judges. Prior to adoption of the Federal Rules, evidence experts debated whether a case-by-case …
Making Horses Drink: Conceptual Change Theory And Federal Rule Of Evidence 502, Liesa L. Richter
Making Horses Drink: Conceptual Change Theory And Federal Rule Of Evidence 502, Liesa L. Richter
Liesa L. Richter
No abstract provided.
Comment On The Proposed Amendment To Evidence Rule 801(D)(1)(B), Liesa L. Richter
Comment On The Proposed Amendment To Evidence Rule 801(D)(1)(B), Liesa L. Richter
Liesa L. Richter
No abstract provided.