The Family Law Trial Evidence Handbook
Rules and Procedures for Effective Advocacy
Seiten
2015
American Bar Association (Verlag)
978-1-62722-003-3 (ISBN)
American Bar Association (Verlag)
978-1-62722-003-3 (ISBN)
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At the core of being a trial lawyer is a working knowledge of the rules of evidence: how to get evidence admitted or kept out in a contested trial or hearing. Procedures to authenticate exhibits are the building blocks of any case, and objections and their responses are the mortar. The Family Law Trial Evidence Handbook is a common sense guide to these fundamentals.
Based upon the author's years of family law practice and from his teaching experience at the ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, this handbook is organized in a practical format that can work for all family law trial lawyers, regardless of whether they practice in a state that uses a variation on the Federal Rules or a common law body of rules on evidence. It combines the substantive knowledge critical to assist family lawyers understand the concepts and theories of evidence with a supremely useful format that ensures that the necessary information can be located and absorbed quickly. Topics include:
The fundamentals of evidence
Relevance
Evidence of character and habit
Hearsay and hearsay exceptions
Judicial notice and presumptions
Authentication of writings and other tangible evidence
Original writing rule and the rule of completeness
Competency of witnesses
Evidentiary privileges
Expert witnesses
Examination of witnesses
Tendering exhibits, objections, and offers of proof
Procedures for streamlining admission of evidence
Requests to admit facts and genuineness of documents
Judges identify lawyers who can try cases well and appreciate their skill, and good settlements come from superior trial skills. It is axiomatic, but knowledge is power. This book is the starting point for lawyers pursuing excellence in divorce trial advocacy.
Based upon the author's years of family law practice and from his teaching experience at the ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, this handbook is organized in a practical format that can work for all family law trial lawyers, regardless of whether they practice in a state that uses a variation on the Federal Rules or a common law body of rules on evidence. It combines the substantive knowledge critical to assist family lawyers understand the concepts and theories of evidence with a supremely useful format that ensures that the necessary information can be located and absorbed quickly. Topics include:
The fundamentals of evidence
Relevance
Evidence of character and habit
Hearsay and hearsay exceptions
Judicial notice and presumptions
Authentication of writings and other tangible evidence
Original writing rule and the rule of completeness
Competency of witnesses
Evidentiary privileges
Expert witnesses
Examination of witnesses
Tendering exhibits, objections, and offers of proof
Procedures for streamlining admission of evidence
Requests to admit facts and genuineness of documents
Judges identify lawyers who can try cases well and appreciate their skill, and good settlements come from superior trial skills. It is axiomatic, but knowledge is power. This book is the starting point for lawyers pursuing excellence in divorce trial advocacy.
Steven N. Peskind is the principal of the Peskind Law Firm based in St. Charles, Illinois, which concentrates on family law cases. He is also a faculty member of the Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.4.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
Verlagsort | Chicago, IL |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Berufs-/Gebührenrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
ISBN-10 | 1-62722-003-8 / 1627220038 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-62722-003-3 / 9781627220033 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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