Judicial Note and Indisputables

Under the adversary system of trying cases, the litigant and not the trier is responsible for gathering and presenting the evidence. However, under the doctrine of judicial notice, the tribunal accepts the existence of certain evidence without the necessity of a party offering formal proof

Psychotherapist-Patient Testimonial Privilege: A Picture of Misguided Hope

This paper was prepared for presentation at the Conference on Mental Health and the Law, the School of Law, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., January 19, 1974