This is the only book that concisely and systematically compares the Federal Rules of Evidence and California Evidence Code. Each chapter corresponds to an article of the FRE. Each section contains the applicable Rule, the corresponding Evidence Code Section(s), and a concise comparison of the two. The 2009 Edition newly includes the complete set of the FRE and the Evidence Code, including their respective notes and comments. It also newly includes the deleted Rules and a table that indicates where the Rules and Evidence Code Sections are cited in the book.
This is the only rules pamphlet that concisely and systematically compares the similarities and differences between the Federal Rules of Evidence and California Evidence Code. Each chapter corresponds to an article of the FRE. Each section contains the applicable Rules and corresponding Evidence Code Sections, as well as a concise commentary comparing the two. This edition includes the restyled FRE and the Evidence Code, including their respective Notes and Comments, as well as the deleted Rules and a table indicating where the Rules and Evidence Code Sections are cited in the commentary.
This book is designed to provide the reader with a concise distillation of the similarities and differences between the Federal Rules of Evidence and the California Evidence Code. It is intended as a supplement to a standard evidence text.
"Students studying evidence in California learn the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) and the California Evidence Code (CEC). Most California evidence professors test on both sets of rules. In particular, professors test the differences between the FRE and the CEC. Upon graduation, the essay and performance portions of the California State Bar Exam test the FRE and the CEC. As in school, the bar often emphasizes differences between the two sets of evidence rules. This book highlights the similarities and differences between the FRE and the CEC. The book covers the evidence rules you encounter in law school and on the bar. The book is unique in the amount of attention focused on preparing students for evidence questions in law school and on the bar. In addition to clearly written, concise text describing the many aspects of evidence law, the book contains numerous practice exams, including law school exams, California bar exam questions, analysis of exam questions, model answers, and multiple-choice questions (and answers). The book has two goals: First, equip students to excel in the law school course on evidence (and the trial advocacy course), and Second, prepare students for the California Bar Exam."--
Printed on Facing Pages for Comparative Study - With Notes, Comments, and Legislative History Federal & California Evidence Rules promotes comparison and close study of the Federal Rules of Evidence And The California Evidence Code. Three distinct sections assist in researching and understanding evidentiary issues: the first part displays the Federal Rules of Evidence on the right hand pages and comparable sections of the California Evidence Code on the left the second part covers the Federal Rules of Evidence including the text of the rules the third part focuses on the California Evidence Code