Law for the expert witness

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bronstein, Daniel A.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : CRC Press, 2012.
Edition:4th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Filing suit, or legal paperwork
  • Discovery in general
  • Depositions
  • Other discovery techniques
  • Failure to cooperate in discovery
  • Pretrial conferences
  • Fundamental concepts
  • Who is an expert and when one can testify
  • The form of questions to an expert
  • Tests, experiments, and the chain of custody
  • Common knowledge and routine practice
  • Real evidence
  • Exhibits and demonstrations
  • The rule against hearsay
  • Hearsay exceptions I : introduction
  • Hearsay exceptions II : writings and records
  • Hearsay exceptions III : printed matter
  • Hearsay exceptions IV : miscellaneous
  • Best evidence rule
  • A "real" case
  • Presenting direct testimony
  • Withstanding cross-examination.