Includes index and bibliographical references.

Contents: Introduction to the law of evidence -- Proof in civil proceedings -- Proof in criminal proceedings -- Common elements in proof -- Matters not requiring proof -- The course of the trial -- Objections and exclusionary evidence -- Substantive subjects in the law of evidence: Introduction -- Authentication and identification -- Character evidence -- Circumstantiantial evidence --Documentary evidence -- Estoppel -- Expert evidence -- Hearsay evidence -- Ill-gotten or improperly obtained evidence -- Opinion evidence -- Presumptions -- Privileges -- Public policy and the law -- Similar fact evidence -- Traditional evidence -- Scientific evidence -- Evidence in appellate proceedings -- Evidence in review proceedings.