Federal and California Evidence Rules: With Notes, Comments, Selected Legislative History, and Comparative Commentary, 2020–2021 Edition

Make evidence disappear with a wave of your magic wand! California law students and practicing lawyers can become wizards in the courtroom with the help of this concise guide to the California Evidence Code. Hundreds of practical illustrations are offered by means of practice transcripts which are extensively cross-referenced. Frequent comparisons to the Federal Rules of Evidence are offered, as well as review problems with sample answers. The text also includes helpful charts, summaries and review problems. California Evidence: A Wizard's Guide will be helpful to law student, practitioners and judges.

Uses transcripts of witness examination to help students visualize the process of presenting and objecting to evidence, and to help them understand the rules in practice as well as in theory. Combines the problem and witness examination approach with text, not cases, that sets out the law of evidence in a clear and concise manner. Most of the discussion is devoted to the policies and concepts underlying the rules. Questions and problems follow most sections.

Authors Imwinkeleried, Wydick & Hogan take the abstract principles of evidence & organize them into concise statements & illustrate their uses with sample transcripts of the elements being applied in the courtroom.