Presumption Rules Try to Indicate if Fact Can, Should Be Inferred

Authors

John E. North, Omaha, Nebraska, and American Bar Associations, memberFollow

Abstract

I. Nature of the Problem … A. Inferring Facts … B. Effects of Presumptions … (a) Rule of Law … (b) Discharging the Burden of Producing Evidence … (c) Shifting the Burden of Producing Evidence … (d) Allocating the Burden of Persuasion

II. Prior Codifications … A. The Model Code … B. The Uniform Rules

III. The Federal Rule … A. Presumptions in Criminal Cases … B. Presumptions in Civil Cases

IV. The Nebraska Rule … A. Civil Cases … B. Criminal Cases

Recommended Citation

John E. North, Presumption Rules Try to Indicate if Fact Can, Should Be Inferred, 53 Neb. L. Rev. 347 (1974)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol53/iss3/4