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56 Akron L. Rev. 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/aklr56 and id is 1 raw text is: lmwinkelried: Evidence Legislation and Rules AN ESSAY ON DRAFTING EVIDENCE LEGISLATION AND RULES: CHALLENGING THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM Edward J. Imwinkelried* I. Introduction......................................................................2 II. A description of the conventional wisdom: a catalog approach for privileges and a code approach for other areas of evidence doctrine ..........................................................7 A. The Doctrinal Area of Privileges .................................7 B. Other Doctrinal Areas in Evidence Law.....................11 1. The Model Code of Evidence ...............................12 2. The Uniform Rules of Evidence............................12 3. The California Evidence Code..............................13 4. The Federal Rules of Evidence.............................15 III. A critical evaluation of the conventional wisdom: the developments that raise grave questions about both parts of the received orthodoxy ....................................................19 A. The Doctrinal Area of Privileges.................................19 B. Other Doctrinal Areas in Evidence Law.......................24 IV. The implications of the weaknesses of the conventional wisdom: the desirability of convergence...........................28 A. Broadening the Wording of the Provisions Governing Privileges..................................................................28 B. Tightening the Wording of Provisions Governing Other Doctrinal Areas in Evidence Law..............................29 V . C o n clu sion ......................................................................3 4 1 Published by IdeaExchange@UAkron, 2023 1

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