Objective B:
Without the use of the course text or class notes, the student will identify the historical background of the rules of evidence.
In the United States, the Rules of Evidence have evolved over the last 220 years.
The Rules of Evidence are the collective wisdom of:
- years of deep scholarly legal thought in other societies
- Constitutional mandates
- laws passed by the Congress
- court decisions
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