Law for the expert witness /

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 proced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bronstein, Daniel A.
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : CRC Press, 2012.
Edition:	4th ed.
Subjects:	Evidence, Expert > United States. Forensic scientists > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Expertises > États-Unis. Spécialistes de la criminalistique > États-Unis > Guides, manuels, etc. Evidence, Expert Forensic scientists United States Electronic books. Handbooks and manuals
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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.