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The Types Of Evidence: An Analysis, Lyman R. Patterson

Vanderbilt Law Review

Since the purpose of this article is to analyze evidence in functional terms, it may be helpful at the outset to state the basic ideas which underlie the discussion.

1. Evidence consists of propositions of fact which are related to another proposition, a proposed conclusion. Evidence is thus to be distinguished from the fact or facts which are its basis. 2. The essential relationship of propositions which are evidence to the proposition which is the proposed conclusion is relevancy. 3. The relevancy of evidence to the proposed conclusion is determined by the inference drawn from the evidence. If the evidence …

Evidence: A Functional Meaning, Lyman R. Patterson

Vanderbilt Law Review

A trial always involves two basic problems-the problem of ascertaining the truth of the matter in issue, and the problem of re-solving a dispute. The former can be characterized as the probative problem, arising from the problem of proving, and the latter as the forensic problem, arising from the procedural problem of proving-in-a-trial. The probative problem is a problem of evidence in that it is the problem of using evidence to ascertain the truth by "the ratiocinative process of continuous persuasion."' The forensic problem is a problem of the admissibility of evidence, and it is the forensic problem which has …

Contracts -- 1964 Tennessee Survey, Paul I. Hartman

Vanderbilt Law Review

I. Promissory Estoppel--Application by Federal Court

II. Third Party Beneficiary--Enforcement of Labor and Material Bond

III. Statute of Frauds--Statute as Defense to Third Party

IV. Parol Evidence Rule--Application to Extrensic Subsequent Agreement

V. Illegal Bargains--Agreement Not to Compete

VI. Death of Party to Personal Service Contract as Terminating the Contract

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Blood Grouping Tests And The New Kentucky Solution, Paul Hieronymus

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Evidence - Hearsay Statement In The Nature Of A Declaration Against A Penal Interest Admissible In Evidence Even Though The Unavailability Of The Dedarant Is Not Established. People V. Spriggs (Cal. 1964), Robert E. Madruga

San Diego Law Review

This recent case discusses People v. Spriggs (Cal. 1964)

Evidence, Roslyn M. Litman

Scholarship

This article is not intended to constitute a comprehensive review of all evidence cases decided in Pennsylvania in the past ten years. The cases selected, of necessity, have been limited. They have been chosen because they affect either a field of special interest or one of special confusion. Cases dealing with applications of the parol evi­dence rule and with constitutional issues in criminal prosecutions have been omitted entirely because they are covered elsewhere in this Survey.

Books Received

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments In Eminent Domain In Arkansas, Robert R. Wright

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Federal Tax Returns As Evidence In Non-Tax Cases, Laurence Glazer

Cleveland State Law Review

Many cases deal with the use of Federal tax returns in non-tax cases. The inherent danger in subjecting tax returns to discovery at pre-trial and admission at trial, is the unnecessary disclosure of confidential information. Yet, when income tax returns are material and relevant to the claims of the parties litigant, a contention of privileged communication should not be used to defeat justice.

Conflicting Presumptions: An Evaluation Of The Solution Proposed By Uniform Rule 15, Edward C. Mengel Jr.

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.

Law And Policy: Emphasis On Exclusionary Rules Of Evidence, J. R. Richardson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Case Notes

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Use Of Bad Character And Prior Convictions To Impeach A Defendant-Witness

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.