The Missouri Evidence Handbook with Common Objections & Evidentiary Foundations

By: John Barkai

Updated in Dec. 2023. This handbook on Missouri evidence contains: 1) the "Missouri Evidence Guide" produced by the Missouri Bar CLE (MoBarCLE) in a rule format similar to the Federal Rules of Evidence, 2) a list of Missouri evidence statutes from Missouri Revisor of Statutes (Chapters 490-493), and 3) a lengthy appendix with a 16-page section on making and responding to common objections (including a discussion of the 15 most common trial objections and a list of 60 common trial objections) and over 60 pages on evidentiary foundations and impeachment - including 25 examples of foundations for introducing physical, electronic, hearsay, and social media evidence, a discussion on differing standards for authenticating digital evidence, and sample impeachment transcripts. The Missouri Evidence Handbook with a Focus on Common Objections & Evidentiary Foundations (6" x 9") was designed to be brought to court and be at your side in the office. Missouri is one of only three states (including Massachusetts and New York) as well as the District of Columbia, that does not have statutory or court rules of evidence. Those jurisdictions rely on the case law decisions and statutes for their evidence law, but no rules. Both New York and Massachusetts have recently published "Guides" to evidence in a rule format, but those rules are really summaries of the common law and statutes in those states. Professor Barkai is a former Detroit Michigan criminal trial lawyer, a fulltime law professor for 50 years - a Professor of Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii for 45 years and taught at Wayne State University for 5 years. He has taught evidence since 1981 and has been the Director, and now Co-Director, of the Law School's Clinical Program since 1978. He has been a member of the Hawaii Supreme Court's Standing Committee on the Rules of Evidence since 1993. He has a B.B.A, M.B.A, and J.D, all from the University of Michigan. For the past 50 years, he has taught a criminal clinic in which his students try traffic and minor criminal cases under the state student practice rule. He has published over 100 evidence handbooks similar to this one for all 50 states as well as over 30 other jurisdictions from Bangladesh to the United Kingdom. He also has evidence and negotiation & ADR cartoon books on Amazon as well as a book on effective communication for negotiation and mediation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09NRYTWS6
• ISBN13: 9798756578478
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 146 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"