Trial Evidence

About Specification

This thorough revision builds on the proven strengths of the book:

- well-known and experienced authors Mauet and Wolfson are highly regarded in the clinical field

- complete review of the methods, strategies, and tactics of trial evidence

- structured analytically around the way judges and trial lawyers think about evidentiary rules, particularly the Federal Rules of Evidence

- Law and Practice sections throughout the book are based on actual federal and state cases, bringing "real life" to the law of evidence

- logical organization follows the sequence of a trial: opening statement, direct examination, cross-examination, and closing arguments

- accessible style focuses on practice, not theory

- more than 330 problems on CD-ROM offer students additional practice

Look for these changes in the Third Edition:

- periodic summaries of key rules

- approximately 40 more problems, based on cases reported over the past four years

- problems provided on CD-ROM included with the text

- important case updates, including Crawford v. Washington