SUMMARY.
Law { Substantive—relating to the subject-matter of litigation.
{ Procedural—relating to the process of litigation.
The occasional equivalence of substantive and procedural rules.
Procedure. Its elements: Summons, Pleading, Proof, Judgment, and
Execution.
The Law of Evidence.
Evidence and proof defined.
Judicial and Extrajudicial.
Kinds of Evidence Personal and Real.
Primary and Secondary.
Direct and Circumstantial.
Divisions of the Law of Evidence.
I. Rules determining probative force.
1. Conclusive proof.
2. Conditional proof.
3. Insufficient evidence.
4. Exclusive evidence.
5. No evidence.
II. Rules determining the production of evidence.
Nemo tenetur se ipsum accusare.
Oaths.
Criticism of the law of evidence.