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32 U. Mem. L. Rev. 137 (2001-2002)
The Marital Privilege in the Twenty-First Century

handle is hein.journals/umem32 and id is 147 raw text is: The Marital Privilege in the Twenty-First Century PAMELA A. HAUN I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 138 II. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARITAL PRIVILEGE UNDER FEDERAL LAW AND TENNESSEE LAW ...................... 139 A. Development of the Marital Privilege Under Com m on Law .............................................................. 139 B. The Marital Privilege as Developed in the Federal C ourts ......................................................................... 142 C. The Marital Privilege in Tennessee Prior to 1993 ....... 144 III. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TENNESSEE LAW ...................... 149 A. State v. Hurley and Legislative Response .................... 149 B. Judicial Construction of the 1995 Amendment and New Statutory Amendments Effective January 1, 2001 .......................................................... 153 IV. THE MARITAL PRIVILEGE IN OTHER STATES AND A COMPARISON WITH TENNESSEE LAW ................................... 158 A. Marital Privilege in Other States ................................. 158 * J.D., 2001, magna cum laude, The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law; B.S., 1996, summa cum laude, Arkansas State University. The Author is currently an attorney with Womack, Landis, Phelps, McNeill & McDaniel in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The Author thanks Robert Banks, Jr., Professor of Law, The University of Memphis School of Law, for providing advice and support. 137

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