A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Vol. 1 Proofs is considered more in detail, and with reference to particular actions. The form, in which the work is now published, has made some alteration necessary in the arrangement. The chapter on the Statute of Frauds, and many parts of other chapters, have been transferred from the first to the second Volume, to which they more properly belong. A considerable part of the chapter on the Ex amination of Witnesses, in the first Volume, is new. Some fresh subjects are introduced in the second Volume; and the several decisions, on points of Evi dence, which have occurred since the last Edition, are now inserted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.







John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence


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Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal Writers At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under the weight of its anachronism. In the midst of this crisis, John Henry Wigmore, dean of the Northwestern University School of Law, single-handedly modernized the jury trial with his 1904-5 Treatise onevidence, an encyclopedic work that dominated the conduct of trials. In so doing, he inspired generations of progressive jurists—among them Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Benjamin Cardozo, and Felix Frankfurter—to reshape American law to meet the demands of a new era. Yet Wigmore’s role as a prophet of modernity has slipped into obscurity. This book provides a radical reappraisal of his place in the birth of modern legal thought.




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