Declarations in the Course of Duty Herein of Refreshing Recollection

Authors

A N. Whitlock, Missoula, Montana

Abstract

The law of evidence is largely a law of exceptions. Lawyers and judges are not so frequently troubled with the question as to whether a certain bit of testimony is relevant, as they are in determining whether a certain bit of relevant testimony is admissible. In other words, the bulk of the law of evidence is concerned with exceptions to the general proposition that everything that is relevant is admissible. It should be noted that relevant is used as meaning "logically probative." The hearsay rule, various rules. With reference to opinion evidence, real evidence and evidence of character and the rules governing the admission of documentary evidence, are illustrations of exceptions to the general proposition stated above.

Recommended Citation

A N. Whitlock, Declarations in the Course of Duty Herein of Refreshing Recollection, 11 Mich. L. Rev. 376 (1913).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol11/iss5/3