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Refined through years of successful classroom use, this popular casebook: - uses clear and concise text to develop student understanding and encourage in-depth examination of problems - follows a consistent chapter organization that highlights basic interpretation of the Rules, elaboration of underlying policy, and reflection on theory and practice - identifies Key Points to reinforce student understanding of all topics - presents a wide range of realistic problems that help students better understand the depth and complexity of the Federal Rules of Evidence - opens with a transcript from a real criminal law case that illustrates how evidence is admitted and excluded in practice - features a chapter on the trial process to use independently or in tandem with the trial transcript Be sure to notice these changes to the Fourth Edition: - integration of updated Rule amendments and case law, including Crawford v. Washington (confrontation clause) and its subsequent case applications, as well as significant developments in the use of expert testimony - new problems throughout the book - the chapter on Character Evidence is revised to provide a sharper focus on policies relating to the character ban

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