1.3 Importance of Evidence and Evidence Law

1. Justice's foundation — no rights without remedies, no remedies without proof: the evidence is the judgment's raw material. 2. The innocent's protection — the standards-and-rules guard against error (the burden's rational allocation; the hearsay's exclusion). 3. The dispute's narrowing — the issues defined, the proof targeted (the efficiency's face). 4. The fairness's discipline — the trial's level field (the cross-examination's right; the privilege's protections). 5. The predictability — the lawyers' advice (the case's worth measured by the proof's law).