Jefferson's California Evidence Benchbook
3d edition, 1650 pages, 2 looseleaf volumes, updated 3/05
Print Format: CP32630, $259.00
CEB and the California Judges Association are proud to publish the third edition of one of the most widely quoted legal texts of the last 25 years. Authored by the late California Appellate Justice Bernard S. Jefferson and, in recent years, expanded by a stellar editorial board comprised of 14 of the state's top lawyers, judges, and law professors, this text established the standards of clarity and precision in the interpretation of evidence issues in California today. This guide to the best way to research evidence issues before going to a hearing, deposition, or trial has been cited in more than 260 published appellate opinions. This book answers not only the question, "What is the law?" but also "Why is this the law?"
This Evidence Benchbook had been designed so that it may be easily read and studied profitably between trials, and yet may be used quickly and expeditiously during the course of trials to provide judges and lawyers with answers to evidentiary problems. Each principle of evidentiary law is dealt with under the headings of Rules, Judicial Comments, and Illustrations. Authority for the rules has been added to the rules themselves. The material has been broken down into small sections to make information easier for the reader to find.
Because this title is intended as a practical and everyday working tool for trial judges and trial lawyers, the evidence topics covered are those that confront judges and lawyers in most criminal and civil trials.
