This innovative Evidence text prepares students for cutting-edge classroom discussion. The book moves beyond the traditional case method, allowing upperlevel students to probe policies and explore complex evidentiary problems. Merritt and Simmons guide students through each rule, allowing them to master the basics before class. Each chapter also offers colorful courtroom examples and concise analyses, which illustrate rule applications and show students how to analyze open issues.
Students give this pathbreaking text the highest ratings. They arrive in class ready to deepen their knowledge with practice-based problems, simulations, policy discussions, and other advanced material. The teacher's manual and instructor's website offer extensive materials for those class sessions.
- Teacher's manual and website also provide handouts, quizzes, and sample syllabi
- The student-centered portion of the website allows students to test their understanding
of each chapter
- Merritt & Simmons is a stand-alone teaching text that also offers guidance to students using more traditional casebooks
- Text provides a user friendly reference for students enrolled in clinics
and trial-practice courses
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