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Course Syllabus
Course Name US Evidence Law
Category American Law (Cultural Competence)
No. of Credit 1
Number of Classes 8
Professor Sidney Hunt Weeks

Professor Profile:
Graduated from Ohio Northern School of Law (JD) and Temple University School of Law LLM program. Licensed to practice in NY, NJ, and Washington State. Worked at Toshiba Corporation and CYBER-PATENT.COM. Currently Foreign Legal Associate at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune. Adjunct Professor at Temple University School of Law program in Japan. Authored books: “Business Model Patents(co-author0 in Japanese, Nihon Keizai Shinbun Press. Involved in distance education at Babel University Professional School of Translation since 2005.
Course Summary Lecture US evidence law in Japanese language.
How this course was developed From 2004 to 2006, BABEL University Professional School of Translation developed 30 courses on U.S. laws to help the students who majored in International Paralegal and Legal Translation, to build background knowledge on their major. This course is one of them. The course was established in 2005 and updated in 2007.
Course Objectives Students acquire comprehensive knowledge of US evidence law.
Learning Outcome Students who have successfully completed this course will have a comprehensive knowledge of US evidence law in both English and Japanese.
Prerequisite Japanese Law Courses
Course Progression (1) Study basic learning materials and listen to audio lectures
(2) Submit homework assignments as per the class instruction booklet
(3) Take part in interactive classes using audio lectures, Q&A, electronic message boards, etc. with professors
Course Length Standard* 2 months (can be completed in a minimum of 1 months or a maximum of 4 months)
Estimated Hours of Study Reading course guide and course material, listening to audio lecture: 1.5hrs
Completing assignments should take 3 hours or more.
The entire course should take 32 hours or more to complete.
Deliverables
(Course Text etc.)
U.S. Evidence Law (Babel University original text)
*Authored originally for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation.
Course Outline
The class instruction booklet (study guide) will provide students with (l) the objectives of the class, (2) an explanation of the learning materials, and (3) instruction in how to go about studying the materials.
Students will (l) read the text to acquire knowledge of the content of the class, (2) listen to the professor's audio lecture to deepen their understanding of the content, and (3) verify their understanding by completing exercises, and submit their answers to the exercises.

 Lecture Course Title
Lecture 1 General Consideration
Lecture 2 Facts Finding without Evidence – Judicial Notice, Admission and Confession
Lecture 3 Burden of Proof and Degree of Proof
Lecture 4 Relevancy of Evidence
Lecture 5 Testimonial Evidence
Lecture 6 Real Evidence, Demonstrative Evidence, Documentary Evidence
Lecture 7 Hearsay Evidence and Other Inadmissible Evidence
Lecture 8 Presumptions and Other Problems
Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement Grade will be based on total scores from the following:

*Assignment Submission --- 8
After you have studied each lecture, you will need to submit the assignment within two weeks.

Grading Procedure: Evaluate submitted reports in five-grade system.
Grade Score
A 85 - 100
B 70 - 84
C 60 - 69
D 50 - 59
F 49 and under
Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics.

*Minimum Course Requirement: B or above

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