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By a skillful use of comparative materials, Damaska gives many insights into the forces that have shaped the way evidence is handled in common law and civil law systems. -Arthur T. von Mehren A masterly, thought-provoking, and persuasive explanation of the distinctive features of common law evidence and their modern erosion, by the world's leading scholar on comparative common law and civil law evidence. Damaska's constant, balanced comparisons to Continental procedure will give common law readers a fresh and valuable perspective on their system of evidence law. This lucid book will be widely influential. Every evidence scholar should buy it, and I would also recommend it to anyone interested in comparative trial procedure. -Roger C. Park

"""By a skillful use of comparative materials, Damaska gives many insights into the forces that have shaped the way evidence is handled in common law and civil law systems.""—Arthur T. von Mehren ""A masterly, thought-provoking, and persuasive explanation of the distinctive features of common law evidence and their modern erosion, by the world's leading scholar on comparative common law and civil law evidence. Damaska's constant, balanced comparisons to Continental procedure will give common law readers a fresh and valuable perspective on their system of evidence law. This lucid book will be widely influential. Every evidence scholar should buy it, and I would also recommend it to anyone interested in comparative trial procedure.""—Roger C. Park"

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Mirjan R. Damaska, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, is also the author of The Faces of Justice and State Authority, published by Yale University Press.

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