...authority to continue the evolutionary development of testimonial privileges in federal criminal trials "governed by the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted ... in the light of reason and experience." P. 47. (c) Since 1958, when Hawkins was decided, the trend...

...privileges of witnesses shall be governed, except when an act of Congress or these rules otherwise provide, by the principles of the common law as they may be...United States in the light of reason and experience." See Hawkins v. United States, 358 US 74. 74 Opinion of STEWART, J. In the case before us such policy...

...privileges of witnesses shall be governed, except when an act of Congress or these rules otherwise provide, by the principles of the common law as they may be...United States In the light of reason and experience." In Putnam v. United States, 162 US 687, at page 694, the Court said : "It is elementary that the memory...

...privileges of witnesses shall be governed, except when an act of Congress or these rules otherwise provide, by the principles of the common law as they may be...United States in the light of reason and experience. Rule 27. Proof of Official Record. An official record or an entry therein or the lack of such a record...

...privileges of witnesses shall be governed, except when an act of Congress or these rules otherwise provide, by the principles of the common law as they may be...United States in the light of reason and experience. RULE 27. PROOF OF OFFICIAL RECORD. An official record or an entry therein or the lack of such a record...

...pursuant to statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, the privilege of a witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof...United States in the light of reason and experience. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of...

...pursuant to statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, the privilege of a witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof...United States in the light of reason and experience. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of...

...pursuant to statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, the privilege of a witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof...United States in the light of reason and experience. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of...

...pursuant to statutory authority, or pursuant to executive order, the privilege of a witness, person, government, State, or political subdivision thereof...interpreted by the courts of the United States in the light §18.406 of reason and experience. However with respect to an element of a claim or defense as to which...

...person, or governmental agency as governed by the Constitution, any applicable act of Congress, or the principles of the common law as they may be interpreted by the Commission in the light of reason and experience. (3) Hearing preparations: Materials. Subject to the...