Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable on the Trial of...
Reflects Changes Introduced by the New York Code of Procedure Abbott, Austin [1831-1896]. Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable on the The Trial of Civil Actions (Including Both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1889. xxx, 884 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/4""; 23.5 x 15.9 cm). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind filets and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Worn and scuffed with smudges to boards and spine, moderate rubbing to extremities, minor wear to corners. Light toning to text, offsetting to margins of endleaves, front endleaves loose. Bookseller's ticket "Baker, Voorhis & Co./New York" to front pastedown. A good copy. $200. * First edition, later printing. This comprehensive, landmark treatise reflects the massive structural shifts in American jurisprudence introduced by the pioneering New York Code of Procedure (popularly known as the Field Code). Abbott's work was instrumental in helping practitioners navigate the newly merged systems of common law and equity. As Abbott keenly observes in his preface: "Recent changes in procedure accompanying or resulting from the code practice, have had far-reaching consequences in respect to the mode of dealing with the subject of evidence." This treatise remained a staple of trial practice for decades; a second edition, edited by J.J. Crawford, was later published in 1900. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:3.
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