Acing evidence : a checklist approach to solving evidence problems

This book offers a succinct, clear, and user-friendly review of federal evidence law. It provides many helpful examples and employs checklists at the end of every chapter. The checklist approach provides an organized way to analyze evidence problems and is particularly helpful for spotting hidden issues. This book's summaries, sample problems, and checklists offer a systematic process for spotting and resolving evidence problems in class, on your evidence exam, on the bar, and in the real world.

Relevance -- Character -- Other relevance rules -- Impeachment and rehabilitation of witnesses -- Definition of hearsay -- Prior statements by witnesses, statements by party-opponents -- Hearsay exceptions -- Confrontation -- Competency -- Privileges -- Opinion evidence and expert testimony -- Judicial notice -- Burdens and presumptions -- Authentication -- The best evidence rule [Fed. R. Evid. 1001-1006] -- Evidence on appeal -- Notes on exam preparation -- Meta checklist.