Study

This course covers the limitations on the information that can be introduced in court codified in the Federal Rules of Evidence. We take up the issue of relevance, including the rules concerning the balance between the probative value and the prejudicial impact of evidence and the special problems of character and credibility. Also addressed are the rules pertaining to the reliability of evidence, particularly the prohibition against hearsay and its many exceptions, the constitutional constraints on the testimony offered during criminal trials, and the screening of scientific and expert testimony. The course concludes with an introduction to evidentiary privileges. Professor Beskind covers much of the same subjects as other Evidence courses, but also has students regularly take a side in assigned problems to argue the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence.”

Spring 2022

Course Number	Course Credits	Evaluation Method	Instructor
245.01	Course Credits 4	Final Exam Class participation	Donald H. Beskind
Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW-245-01-Sp22
Email list: LAW-245-01-Sp22@sakai.duke.edu