new Wigmore
Subtitle: a treatise on evidence : evidentiary privileges
By: Edward J. Imwinkelried ; Richard D. Friedman, general editor.
Contributors: Friedman, Richard D., 1951-
Publisher: Aspen Law & Business
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1673
Subjects: Confidential communications -- United States; Evidence (Law) -- United States
Other titles: Evidentiary privileges
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 1593-1644) and index.
Table of contents: title: In general; title: History of the early common law of privileges; title: History of the modern common-law privilege doctrine; title: Dawn of the statutory era of privilege doctrine; title: An evaluation of the instrumental and humanistic rationales for privilege doctrine; title: Absolute communications privileges; title: Conditional communications privileges; title: The absolute topical privilege for military and state secrets; title: Conditional topical privileges; title: Fundamental legisprudential issues in contemporary privilege law; title: Impact of constitutional law; title: Impact of legal globalization; title: Conclusion.