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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457829603321

Autore

Bronstein Daniel A.

Titolo

Law for the expert witness / / Daniel A. Bronstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-24837-7

1-280-12225-0

9786613526113

1-4398-5157-3

Edizione

[4th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

347.73/67

Soggetti

Evidence, Expert - United States

Forensic scientists - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Filing suit, or legal paperwork -- Discovery in general -- Depositions -- Other discovery techniques -- Failure to cooperate in discovery -- Pretrial conferences -- Fundamental concepts -- Who is an expert and when one can testify -- The form of questions to an expert -- Tests, experiments, and the chain of custody -- Common knowledge and routine practice -- Real evidence -- Exhibits and demonstrations -- The rule against hearsay -- Hearsay exceptions I : introduction -- Hearsay exceptions II : writings and records -- Hearsay exceptions III : printed matter -- Hearsay exceptions IV : miscellaneous -- Best evidence rule -- A "real" case -- Presenting direct testimony -- Withstanding cross-examination.

Sommario/riassunto

Extensively updated and expanded to incorporate legislative and practical changes enacted since the publication of the previous edition, Law for the Expert Witness, Fourth Edition is designed for professionals and students requiring edification on the current processes and techniques of legal procedure.Drawn from revised versions of the readings assigned to graduate and continuing education courses taught by the author, as well as his own professional experience, the text is divided into four sections. Beginning with procedural issues that an



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