The 11th edition of this intellectually challenging casebook provides a complete overview of evidence, including key U.S. Supreme Court and other court opinions, updated information on scientific evidence, new questions and hypotheticals, and common courtroom objections. This edition adds three important new Supreme Court cases on the right to confrontation and on the right to present evidence. Chapters on presumptions, judicial notice, and governmental privileges have been extensively updated. Recent cases have been added to other chapters in order to provide contemporaneous examples of long-standing principles. The authors have continued the practice of choosing cases on the basis of teachability.

Features Include:

• Covers key U.S. Supreme Court and other court opinions
• Includes new questions and hypotheticals for class discussion aimed at creating questions that are intellectually challenging
• Provides a complete overview of evidence, including an expanded section on scientific evidence and cases that apply Daubert