Florida Evidentiary Foundations

Florida 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 Florida evidence rules.

Publisher: Matthew Bender

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Print Book 2025 Edition
$293.00
In Stock ISBN: 9781663399465

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This 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 Florida evidence rules 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

The previous edition's ISBN is 9781663346100.

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Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Related Procedures
Chapter 3 The Competency of Witnesses
Chapter 4 Authentication
Chapter 5 Florida Evidence Code § 90.403 and Legal Irrelevance Limitations on Credibility Evidence
Chapter 6 Legal Irrelevance 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
Index