Evidence

Course Number:
Law 242

Hours:
4

Course Type:
Core

Writing Requirement:
None

Skills Requirement?:
No

Final Exam?:
Yes

Description:

Broun section: Relevancy, judicial notice, examination of witnesses, real and demonstrative evidence, hearsay, privilege.

Mosteller section: Relevancy, character evidence, other crimes evidence, expert and scientific evidence, judicial notice, examination of witnesses, credibility-impeachment and rehabilitation, real and demonstrative evidence, hearsay and the Confrontation Clause; privilege.

Smith section: Presumptions and standards of proof and persuasion, relevance, privileges, hearsay, Confrontation Clause, other crimes evidence, lay, expert and scientific evidence, examination and impeachment of witnesses. Throughout the course we will examine the behavioral and philosophical assumptions that drive the rules and methods that we discuss.

Related Courses:

Prerequisites:

Instructor(s):
K. Broun (Adjunct), B. Mosteller, R. Smith

Semester(s):
Fall, Spring