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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 lawsuit 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 25—
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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