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Federal Rules of Evidence

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Interpreting The New Rule 609(A)(2), George Edward Spencer Jan 2007

Interpreting The New Rule 609(A)(2), George Edward Spencer

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Theory Of Verbal Completeness, Dale A. Nance Jan 1995

A Theory Of Verbal Completeness, Dale A. Nance

Faculty Publications

In this Article I will endorse the view that the most important modem function of the completeness rule is to trump otherwise applicable exclusionary rules, though not every rule in every instance. I will also offer the general proposition that it should almost always trump one large and important class of exclusionary rules, those based upon the "best evidence" principle, that is, the principle that parties should present to the tribunal the epistemically best evidence available to them on a given litigated issue.


The Subversion Of The Hearsay Rule: The Residual Hearsay Exceptions, Circumstantial Guarantees Of Trustworthiness, And Grand Jury Testimony, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 1986

The Subversion Of The Hearsay Rule: The Residual Hearsay Exceptions, Circumstantial Guarantees Of Trustworthiness, And Grand Jury Testimony, Randolph N. Jonakait

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.