Evidence
LAW 661 Section 61
David Neel
Required Text:
Title: Evidence, Cases and Materials
Author: Roger C Park, Richard D Friedman
Edition: 12
Publisher: West/Foundation Press
ISBN: 9781609301385
Optional:
Title: Principles of Evidence
Author: Graham C. Lilly; Daniel J. Capra; Stephen A. Saltzburg
Edition: 7th
Publisher: West
ISBN: 9781634596497
First Assignmet:
Read Chapter One of the Casebook during the first half of the semester. This assignment will be relevant to class discussion, but will not be discussed on a page-by-page basis.
1. Casebook, pp. 80-100 [except for “The Judgment of Solomon”]; Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) 401-03 in Appendix A and related notes/history in Appendix B; Questions 1 and 2 on p. 100; Hart and McNaughton, Evidence and Inference; James, Relevancy, Probability and the Law; Note, Assessing the Entire Body of Evidence; McCormick excerpt on relevancy; Knapp v. State; Sherrod v. Berry; Old Chief v. United States; Ballou v. Henri Studios, Inc.