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The New Wigmore - A Treatise on Evidence (Hardcover)
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The New Wigmore - A Treatise on Evidence (Hardcover)
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The New Wigmore: A Treatise on Evidence is an authoritative guide
with answers to evolving questions in civil and criminal litigation
. The five volume series presents the same quality of research,
thought, and analysis as the original Wigmore, creating a genuine
present-day counterpart to the seminal evidence treatise. Volume 1:
Selected Rules of Limited Admissibility, by David Leonard, provides
a sophisticated framework for lawyers and judges to understand and
apply the rules that exclude evidence for policy reasons. Included
are extensive discussions of: The latest amendments to Federal Rule
408 Party-oriented limited admissibility in criminal cases The
types of agreements that qualify as and#8220;Mary Carterand#8221;
agreements Evidence of nolo contendere pleas when the party who
entered the plea brings a civil action based on the same event
Admissibility of evidence of investigations conducted by a party
Remedial measures taken before the event giving rise to the action
or taken by a third party, or required by a government authority
The use of limiting instructions and proper timing The use the
doctrine of and#8220;detrimental relianceand#8221; to enforce a
plea agreement the government seeks to abolish The admissibility of
settlement agreements that, if not disclosed, might lead to
distorted fact-finding The propriety of informing the jury that
there has been a settlement of claims involving a part Volume 2:
Evidentiary Privileges, by Edward J. Imwinkelried, offers unique
analysis of recent evidentiary problems including application of
the attorney-client privilege to government agencies and corporate
entities, and the difficulty of determining exactly who holds the
privilege. In these two volumes, youand#8217;ll find also a
practical framework for evaluating the existence or scope of new
privileges, as well as coverage of issues like these: The common
interest or joint defense privilege Skirmishes over the
DOJand#8217;s policies regarding corporate waiver of
attorney-client privilege Privilege for mediation proceedings Burns
v. Commonwealth, where the Virginia Supreme Court sharply limited
the protection for confidential spousal communications The latest
cases recognizing a constitutional right to informational privacy
Protections for journalists and who qualifies The governmental
attorney-client privilege The First Circuit decision holding that
in certain circumstances, even when an individual corporate officer
has a personal attorney-client privilege with corporate counsel,
the corporation may unilaterally waive the privilege The latest
cases on the waiver consequences of inadvertent production during
pretrial discovery Volume 3: Expert Evidence, by David H. Kaye,
David E. Bernstein and Jennifer L. Mnookin, provides in depth
coverage of the topics that lawyers and judges must know when
dealing with expert testimony about medicine, engineering,
psychology, economics, and forensic science, among other areas. It
covers the topics common to all such testimony and focuses on
scientific and statistical evidence, providing sophisticated and
up-to-date explanations and analyses of: The principles and
policies underlying all the approaches to admitting scientific
evidence, from the traditional relevance standard to the most
restrictive interpretations of the Supreme Court's watershed
opinion in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals. An in-depth look
at the continuing importance and practical operation of the Frye
standard. Qualifications for expert witnesses. Permissible subject
matter and al
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