Retired Judge Gordon Schumaker of the Minnesota Court of Appeals (and before that the 2nd Judicial District Court) is the author of a new easy-to-use evidentiary guidebook for attorneys and judges. Rulings on Evidence: An Evidentiary Manual for Minnesota Trial Judges and Judicial Officers (and Attorneys!) shows how to analyze certain evidentiary issues, and what factors to consider when either ruling on evidentiary issues or presenting them to the court. The Honorable Salvador Rosas of the Second Judicial District states that this book is “expertly written with clear explanations, helpful notes, citations and examples,” plus “clearly written by an experienced trial judge with appellate insight.” The Law Librarian observes that the book also includes the Minnesota Rules of Evidence for handy reference. In addition to the expected case and subject matter index in the back, there is an additional index of the Minnesota Rules of Evidence that gives corresponding pages of manual coverage for on-the-spot clarification.
In short, you wouldn’t want to be the judge or lawyer in a courtroom without a copy of this reference tool at hand. Check it out and see if you agree.
Where can I purchase this book? I do not find it at Amazon or Barnes & Nobles.
Thanks.
This manual is a Minnesota CLE publication and was part of a course offered last spring. I would contact them for information on purchasing the book. See http://www.minncle.org/contact.aspx