Section 1.1 Introduction

• Library: Evidence 2017

I.(§1.1) Introduction

An effective litigator necessarily has a command of the rules of evidence and their underlying rationales, and has a keen sense of the impact evidence rulings may have on a given case. The outcome of a case can be decided, for example, by whether a witness is allowed to testify about out-of-court statements of a party, whether physical evidence seized by law enforcement officers is suppressed, or whether evidence of post-accident changes in the design of an...