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The Federal Rules Of Evidence And Florida Evidence Law Compared, David K. Miller
The Federal Rules Of Evidence And Florida Evidence Law Compared, David K. Miller
Florida State University Law Review
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Credibility And Character: A Different Look At An Interminable Problem, Robert G. Lawson
Credibility And Character: A Different Look At An Interminable Problem, Robert G. Lawson
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The problems of character evidence "resolved" by the new Federal Rules are problems that involve the structure of human personality. The judgmental processing by jurors of character information involves a behavioral transaction called interpersonal perception. Each of these psychological problems has been intensively investigated for nearly 40 years. As the character problems of the law now take on the appearance of having been solved, there is not the slightest indication that the results of this scientific endeavor influenced the choices made by the law. The solutions to these problems composed by the Judicial Conference and embraced by the Supreme Court …
The Admissibility Of Social Science Evidence In Person-Oriented Legal Adjudication, Ira P. Robbins
The Admissibility Of Social Science Evidence In Person-Oriented Legal Adjudication, Ira P. Robbins
Indiana Law Journal
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A Practitioner's Guide To The Federal Rules Of Evidence
A Practitioner's Guide To The Federal Rules Of Evidence
University of Richmond Law Review
On July 1, 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect. President Ford's signature on Public Law 93-595 was the culmination of nearly twenty years of study, drafting, and debate. Obviously the decision to codify federal evidence law was not lightly made, but the desire for uniformity ultimately made the Rules possible. As with all major legislation, compromise was necessary and certain areas of the law were left untouched. Criminal presumptions represent one such area. In other areas, such as privilege, only minimal codification was possible. The final result is a good set of rules, but one which might …
State Evidentiary Privileges In Federal Civil Litigation, Martin I. Kaminsky
State Evidentiary Privileges In Federal Civil Litigation, Martin I. Kaminsky
Fordham Law Review
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Bad News And Good News, John W. Reed
Bad News And Good News, John W. Reed
Other Publications
Law schools do one thing superbly well: they teach the intellectual skills of reasoning, of distinction drawing, of deductive and inductive logic, of anlysis and synthesis. These are heavily verbal skills, at least in the context in which lawyers employ them, and students are tested for their mastery of these skills by written examinations. If one does well, he or she is placed on the law review, where these particular skills are honed even further.
Substantive Use Of Prior Inconsistent Statements Under The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Walker Jameson Blakey
Substantive Use Of Prior Inconsistent Statements Under The Federal Rules Of Evidence, Walker Jameson Blakey
Kentucky Law Journal
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