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2. The Law of Evidence; Pleading and Practice.
Professor Dabney.
In this class are taught:
(1) The general principles of the law of Evidence, with explanations of the
statutory changes, especially those relating to the competency of witnesses, and
the practical application of these principles to the conduct of inquiries in court,
or before officers authorized to take testimony.
(2) The forms of action, and the forms, principles and rules of pleading, at
common law and under the codes; an intimate acquaintance with the common law
rules and principles being insisted upon as essential to a proper knowledge of
pleading, under any system.
(3) The organization and jurisdiction of courts, and the proceedings in a law
suit from beginning to end, including appellate proceedings and the various special
and extraordinary proceedings provided for by common law or by statute.
(4) The organization and jurisdiction of the Federal courts; removal of causes
from State to Federal courts; the particulars of conformity or nonconformity
between the procedure at law in the Federal courts and that in the courts of the
State wherein they are held; and appellate proceedings in the Federal courts.—
September 15 to May 20—Three times a week.
Text-Books.—McKelvey on Evidence.
4 Minor's Institutes (3d edition).
Bryant's Code Pleading.
Dabney's Federal Jurisdiction and Law Procedure.
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