Here, also, is California and Federal Rules of Evidence compared and
contrasted with Court TV's Vincent DiCarlo. Findlaw link is below.
"We can only cover both the federal and California law of evidence in
a brief essay like this by a ruthless process of selection and
compression. What we will cover can best be thought of as that
essential kernel of the law of evidence that the trial lawyer must
carry in his head. . . . "
http://library.findlaw.com/2001/Jan/1/241488.html