INDICE: Section One: Preliminary Matters: Setting the Stage; 1. Introduction;The Development of the Law; Sources of Law; Sources of Individual Rights; Rules of Evidence; 2. The American Criminal Court System; Jurisdiction; The Federal Courts; The State Courts; Court Actors; Overview of the Criminal Process; 3. Some Important Underlying Concepts; Burdens of Production and Proof; The Exclusionary Rule; Affirmative Defenses; 4. Forms of Evidence; Types of Evidence;Direct and Circumstantial Evidence; Judicial Notice; Presumptions and Inferences; Stipulations; Section Two: Arrest and Search Procedure; 5. An Introduction to the Fourth Amendment; Introduction; A Framework for Analyzing the Fourth Amendment; When a Search Occurs; Definition of Seizure; When a Search Is Reasonable: The Doctrine of Justification; Standing; 6. Arrests and Searches With Warrants; Search and Arrest Warrant Components; Arrest Warrants; Search Warrants; Special Circumstances; 7. Arrests and Searches Without Warrants; Warrantless Actions Based on Probable Cause; Warrantless Actions Based on Reasonable Suspicion; Warrantless Actions Based on Administrative Justification; Checkpoints; Warrantless Actions Based on Consent; 8. Self-Incrimination, Confessions, and Identification Procedures; The Fifth Amendment and Self-Incrimination; Confessions; Identification Procedures; Section Three: Criminal Evidence; 9. Witness Competency, Credibility, and Impeachment Introduction; Witness Credibility; 10. Examining Witnesses; Securing the Attendance of Witnesses; Types of Witnesses; How Witnesses Are Examined; Opinion Testimony; 11: Testimonial Privileges; Privileges and Witness Competency; Privileged Communications; 12. The Hearsay Rule and Its Exceptions; Introduction; Hearsay and the Sixth Amendment; Exemptions and Exceptions Distinguished; Hearsay Exceptions; Hearsay Procedure; 13: How Different Types of Evidence Are Introduced; Authentication; Best Evidence Rule; Real/Physical Evidence; Demonstrative Evidence; Scientific Evidence
- ISBN: 978-0-19-533041-0
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 478
- Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés