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Evidence at trial : an overview
Burdens, presumptions, and judicial notice
Procedures for offering and opposing evidence
Evidentiary privileges
Relevance and counterweights : general principles
Relevance and counterweights : applications
Character evidence
Witness competency
The language of the courtroom: common objections to testimonial evidence
Opinion evidence and expert testimony
Impeachment and rehabilitation of witnesses
Authentication and identification of tangible evidence
The original recording rule
The basic principles of hearsay evidence
Hearsay "exemptions" : prior statements by witnesses and statements by party-opponents
Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 803
Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 804
Other hearsay exceptions
Confrontation
Appendix: Federal rules of evidence for United States courts.
Burdens, presumptions, and judicial notice
Procedures for offering and opposing evidence
Evidentiary privileges
Relevance and counterweights : general principles
Relevance and counterweights : applications
Character evidence
Witness competency
The language of the courtroom: common objections to testimonial evidence
Opinion evidence and expert testimony
Impeachment and rehabilitation of witnesses
Authentication and identification of tangible evidence
The original recording rule
The basic principles of hearsay evidence
Hearsay "exemptions" : prior statements by witnesses and statements by party-opponents
Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 803
Hearsay exceptions under federal rule 804
Other hearsay exceptions
Confrontation
Appendix: Federal rules of evidence for United States courts.