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Lexis Nexis Evidentiary Foundations
Evidentiary Foundations provides sample lines of questioning that demonstrate how to lay the foundation for admitting various kinds of evidence. It also includes a brief discussion of the underlying legal principles, based on modern common law and the applicable Federal Rules of Evidence.
Publisher: Matthew Bender
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Edward Imwinkelried's Evidentiary Foundations has sold more than 125,000 copies in its publication life. This time-tested evidence treatise covers all the major evidentiary doctrines, and includes expert analysis of statutory developments along with discussions of the presentation of hard copy exhibits in court using document cameras and the presentation of digital exhibits using monitors or projection screens. Detailed explanations of evidence principles include:
• A brief description of the pertinent Federal Rules of Evidence and the most recent leading cases construing the Rules
• A list of foundational elements-the events and facts you need to lay a complete foundation
• An illustrative foundation showing how each question relates to a particular element of the foundation
In light of advancing technology, the Eleventh Edition includes a new subsection on the authentication of printouts of records maintained on a blockchain. This edition also introduces new coverage on the doctrine of objective chances and the December 2019 amendment to Rule 807 (residual hearsay exception).
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Edward J. Imwinkelried
Edward J. Imwinkelried
Edward J. Imwinkelried is the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus at UC Davis School of Law. A nationally recognized expert on subjects such as DNA typing, forensic psychiatry, and laser techniques for fingerprint detection, Professor Imwinkelried is the author of more than 200 books and other publications, including Evidentiary Foundations (11th ed. 2020) (LexisNexis/Matthew Bender), McCormick on Evidence (8th ed. 2020), Uncharged Misconduct Evidence (2020 ed.), The New Wigmore: Evidentiary Privileges (3d ed. 2017), and Evidentiary Foundations (6th ed. 2016) (Michie/LexisNexis). In the 2020 HeinOnLine Top Scholar ranking, he was listed as the most cited Evidence scholar in the United States. Professor Imwinkelried served as an army lawyer in the XXIV Corps and 196th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam in 1971-1972. He went on to become a lecturer on evidence, criminal procedure, crimes and trial advocacy in the Criminal Law Division of the Judge Advocate General's School in Virginia, then a Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and Washington University before coming to UC Davis in 1985. He has also taught as a Visiting Professor at the Ohio State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Houston, University College Dublin, and China University of Political Science and Law.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Related Procedures
Chapter 3. The Competency of Witnesses
Chapter 4. Authentication
Chapter 5. Rule 403 and Legal Relevance Limitations on Credibility Evidence
Chapter 6. Legal Relevance Limitations on Evidence That Is Relevant to the Historical Merits of the Case
Chapter 7. Privileges and Similar Doctrines
Chapter 8. The Best Evidence Rule
Chapter 9. Opinion Evidence
Chapter 10. The Hearsay Rule, Its Exemptions, and Its Exceptions
Chapter 11. Substitutes for Evidence
