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Privileges In The Law Of Evidence: The Realities Of Attorney-Client Confidences, Robert Allen Sedler, Joseph J. Simeone

Law Faculty Research Publications

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A Re-Evaluation Of The Privilege Against Adverse Spousal Testimony In The Light Of Its Purpose, Paul F. Rothstein

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

The recent development in American federal criminal evidence law to be examined and compared with English law in this paper, is a new evolutionary turn taken by the husband-wife privilege against adverse spousal testimony, manifest in the Supreme Court decision of Wyatt v. United States. The House of Lords, in Rumping v. D.P.P., just decided, suggests that the English spousal privileges might be susceptible of similar development.

Bullets, Bad Florins, And Old Boots: A Report Of The Indiana Trial Judges Seminar On The Judge's Control Over Demonstrative Evidence, Thomas L. Shaffer

Journal Articles

In the spring of 1963, the Indiana Judges Association, which represents about 100 of the 120 trial judges of Indiana, and the Joint Committee for the Effective Administration of Justice sponsored the first "Indiana Trial Judges Seminar" in Indianapolis. The seminar was divided into five subject areas of practical importance to trial judges, with each discussion led by a team of nationally-recognized experts and supplemented by a teacher of law who acted as reporter.

The opportunity to be a reporter on the subject area, "The Judge's Control Over Demonstrative Evidence," proved to be an uncommonly promising occasion for gathering empirical …