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Handbook on Louisiana Evidence Law is the only all-inclusive publication of the Louisiana Code of Evidence prepared by the code s principal drafters. Extensive step-by-step checklists help you argue admissibility and objections to admissibility of evidence. Updated annually, the volume contains: The Louisiana Code of Evidence; The Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE); Related Louisiana and federal statutes involving evidentiary issues; Concordance and Dispositional Tables for legislative history; Official comments; Authors notes that explain the code and give special attention to problematic areas of the law; Comparison of the state evidence code and a detailed index to the code and other evidence statutes. You will also find specialized indexes relating to presumptions, prima facie evidence, and burden of proof.