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Evidence (Emanuel Law Outlines Series)

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Emanuel Law Outlines are expensive and aren't necessarily the best choice for every law school subject. For example, I have it for Constitutional Law and I hate it. I think that is because Constitutional law is theoretical while Evidence is concrete with laws. This series is PERFECT for Evidence. It breaks down the rules into numerous examples and does an amazing job of sorting out the complexities of Hearsay and Impeachment. I would definitely recommend Emanuel for this subject.

I bought this little book the day before my evidence final. Our class wasn't particularly awesome--it was the prof's first time teaching, and although he understood evidence, he wasn't great at explaining it. In less than 24 hours, this book clarified every concept that I didn't yet understand.

The capsule summary is the main part of this book, and it is great. There are SO many examples to clarify the many abstract applications of the Federal Rules of Evidence! You can't HELP but understand it! There are some really cool flowcharts in the front that take you through the complete analysis for hearsay, best evidence rule, and a couple other things. It also has practice questions (though I didn't have time to use them).

Emanuel does a nice job on the black letter law. Prefer his Crunchtime series for exam prep.

At six-hundred pages, your average overworked law student is not too keen on reading another 40 pages a night, especially with a full slate of classes. That being said, this book contains a "Casebook correlation chart," which helps you decide which part of the book to read in the approximate order of your own textbook. It covers: Green Nesson, "Evidence" (3rd Ed. 2000); Wellborn, "Cases & Mat..." (1st ed. 2000); Mueller & Kirkpatrick, "Evidence Under the Rules" (4th Ed. 2000), and Waltz & Park, "Evidence" (9th Ed. 1999).

I would suggest checking this out of your law library instead of buying it and reading the relevant parts of the "Capsule Summary" (79 pages) if you're pressed for time and you want a nuanced overview of Evidence.

The rest of the book is nicely outlined, but way too much information for the average to under-achieving student. However if you want it for clarification on certain rules, or just having it in your bookshelf would make you feel better about Evidence, you can get it so cheap that it can't hurt.

Not what I expected. Too concise and the principles underlying the rules are not fully developed. It may be good for a student who wants an overview for an exam, but that is all.

A great overview of Evidence Law in the U.S. courts system. I like the outline in the first pages. The price doesn't hurt either!

I ordered my law hornbook from them. Book never came!!! And they never bothered to refund my money back

the book was in good condition and came on time, but had much more highlighting in the front half than was indicated in the description.