A student's guide to hearsay /

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Author / Creator:Fishman, Clifford S., author.
Edition:Fifth edition.
Imprint:Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2019]
©2019
Description:xxi, 354 pages ; 25 cm
Language:English
Series:The student's guide series
Student guide series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11896538
Related Items:Revision of: A student's guide to hearsay.
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ISBN:9781531012724
1531012728
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The hearsay rule and its rationale
  • Defining and recognizing hearsay
  • Exceptions to the hearsay definition, exceptions to the hearsay rule, courtroom procedures, and a few other matters
  • Exceptions to the hearsay definition : prior statements by witnesses, Rule 801(d)(1)
  • Exceptions to the hearsay definition : opposing party's statement Rule 801(d)(2)
  • Hearsay and the Sixth Amendment confrontation clause
  • Exceptions to the hearsay rule : preliminary matters, multiple hearsay, credibility and impeachment
  • Rule 803 : the "regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness" exceptions : common (mostly) oral statements, Rules 803(1)-803(4)
  • Rule 803 : the "regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness" exceptions : common written statements, Rules 612 & 803(5)-803(10)
  • Rule 803 : the "regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness" exceptions : miscellaneous exceptions Rules 803(11)-803(23)
  • Rule 804 : exceptions to the rule against hearsay : when the declarant is unavailable as a witness
  • The "residual exception" : Rule 807.