Article V – Privileges

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rule of the Federal Rules of Evidence section of the Federal Rules of Evidence

Article V – Privileges is the section of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs when certain confidential communications and relationships are protected from disclosure in legal proceedings.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rule 502	0
Rule 501	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rule of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ rule of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ section of the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
appliesTo	attorney-client communications ⓘ federal civil proceedings ⓘ federal contempt proceedings ⓘ federal criminal proceedings ⓘ materials protected as trial-preparation or work product ⓘ
authority	enacted by Congress under the Rules Enabling Act ⓘ
bindingOn	United States courts of appeals ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ other federal courts that apply the Federal Rules of Evidence ⓘ
citationForm	Fed. R. Evid. art. V ⓘ
doesNotCodify	comprehensive list of specific privileges ⓘ
effectiveDate	1975 ⓘ
governs	agreements on the effect of disclosure in federal proceedings ⓘ attorney-client privilege waiver ⓘ confidential communications ⓘ effect of disclosure in a federal proceeding ⓘ effect of disclosure to a federal office or agency ⓘ evidentiary privileges ⓘ inadvertent disclosure of privileged material ⓘ privileged relationships ⓘ recognition of privileges in federal courts ⓘ scope of subject-matter waiver ⓘ selective waiver issues ⓘ work-product protection waiver ⓘ
includesRule	Rule 501 ⓘ Rule 502 ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal courts
legalDomain	evidence law ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law ⓘ
partOf	Article V – Privileges self-linksurface differs ⓘ Article V – Privileges self-linksurface differs ⓘ rules of evidence for the federal courts ⓘ surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence
providesThat	in civil cases state law supplies the rule of decision for privilege regarding a claim or defense for which state law provides the rule of decision ⓘ privilege is governed by common law as interpreted by United States courts in light of reason and experience ⓘ
purpose	to balance truth-seeking with protection of important relationships ⓘ to protect certain confidential communications from compelled disclosure ⓘ
recognizes	attorney-client privilege through Rule 501 ⓘ governmental privileges through Rule 501 ⓘ psychotherapist-patient privilege through Rule 501 ⓘ spousal privileges through Rule 501 ⓘ
reliesOn	judicial development of privilege doctrines ⓘ
sourceOfLaw	federal common law of privilege ⓘ
title	Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product; Limitations on Waiver ⓘ General Rule of Privilege ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

rules of evidence for the federal courts → containsArticle → Article V – Privileges ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence

Article V – Privileges → partOf → Article V – Privileges self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Rule 501

Article V – Privileges → partOf → Article V – Privileges self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Rule 502