Evidence Step by Step

An evidence book for engineers and CS readers: proof burdens, relevance, character, witnesses, hearsay, confrontation, authentication, original writings, privileges, experts, judicial notice, presumptions, and source-backed admissibility traces. Volume: First-Year Core

What Evidence Is For

Relevance and Its Limits

Character Evidence and Prior Acts

Witnesses

Hearsay: The Rule and Its Structure

Hearsay Exceptions and Exemptions

Confrontation and Compulsory Process

Authentication and Identification

Original-Writing Doctrine

Privileges

Expert Testimony

Judicial Notice and Presumptions

Capstone: Admissibility Trace