Problems, Cases and Materials on Evidence (Law School Casebook Series)

Problems, Cases and Materials on Evidence (Law School Casebook Series) Perhaps the least useful casebook on Evidence - Jena - New York, NY United States
All law students know that casebooks vary in utility, both for students, and practioners. My Criminal Procedure casebook, for example, was perfectly organized, beautifully cross referenced, and still remains part of my bookshelf, even as a practicing lawyer.

Green and Nesson’s casebook on Evidence is everything that a casebook should not be. First, there are extremely few cases. The authors instead give the students “exercises” or “problems” to solve. Such exercises might be useful with the most organized and detail-oriented of evidence professors, but alas, most law faculty are anything but (and I speak as one who attended a Top 5 law school). The end result is that one never discovers the “answer” to any of these exercises. And due to the lack of cases, one never finds out what various courts would consider the “answer” to be either.

Evidence is almost a purely rule-based field. And most state evidentiary rules are now modeled on the federal rules of evidence. My advice, if one’s professor has decided to use this particular casebook, would be to examine the rules carefully, and to purchase an evidence hornbook as an accompaniment. Otherwise one will have no idea what to do when it actually comes time to take the exam, the bar, or litigate in a courtroom.
: In its Third Edition, this problem-based casebook achieves a new standard of efficiency and effectiveness. Organized around the Federal Rules of Evidence for the widest possible application, Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence, Third Edition, reflects its authors’ expertise as scholars and as teachers.

Every element of the casebook is tailored for classroom success and true student understanding:

  • problems focus on realistic practice issues
  • materials give students a solid understanding of how the Federal Rules apply in the real world
  • the authors expose the underlying principles, policy choices, and jurisprudential values on which the Federal Rules are based through a careful blend of cases and problems
  • exclusive focus on a single set of rules facilitates both teaching and learning.
  • annual supplementation with the current version of the Federal Rules of Evidence, proposed-but-not-enacted rules, and other selected material (including the California Rules of Evidence) ensures timely coverage of developments

    What’s new in the Third Edition?

  • for the first time, an accompanying Website that can be accessed by professors, students and practitioners contains all the cases and problems from the book, as well as the full text of the Federal Rules of Evidence, topical indices, sample course syllabi, and other materials
  • new co-author Peter Murray of Harvard Law School adds his distinctive voice to the text
  • updated problems succinctly capture evidence issues and stimulate class discussion
  • scrupulous revision of the entire casebook, with a wealth of new material on privilege, expert testimony, the rape-shield law, and DNA evidence.
  • reorganized chapters on character evidence, witnesses, and credibility
  • new explanatory and transitional text for deeper understanding and easier comprehension of the relationships between concepts

    If you plan on taking a problem-oriented approach to evidence in your next course, use the casebook that set and continues to refine the standard, Green, Nesson, and Murray’s Problems, Cases, and Materials on Evidence, Third Edition.
    Problems, Cases and Materials on Evidence (Law School Casebook Series)

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