Law for the expert witness / Daniel A. Bronstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bronstein, Daniel A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence, Expert--United States.

Evidence, Expert.

Forensic scientists--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Forensic scientists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Extensively updated and expanded to incorporate legislative and practical changes enacted since the publication of the previous edition, Law for the Expert Witness, Fourth Edition is designed for professionals and students requiring edification on the current processes and techniques of legal procedure.Drawn from revised versions of the readings assigned to graduate and continuing education courses taught by the author, as well as his own professional experience, the text is divided into four sections. Beginning with procedural issues that an expert witness wi

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-429-24837-7

1-280-12225-0

9786613526113

1-4398-5157-3

9780429248375

OCLC:

772459397