Trial Practice category: 67 books
No Higher Calling, No Greater Responsibility
A Prosecutor Makes His Case
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2016
"A balanced critique of the justice system."—Steven Carter, former Indiana attorney generalDemystifying the powerful role of public prosecutors in the United States, John Suthers draws on more than thirty years’ experience as a prosecutor in his exploration of this public office, even tackling some controversial calls for reform.
The Bilingual Courtroom
Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Susan Berk-Seligson’s groundbreaking book draws on more than one hundred hours of audio recordings of Spanish/English court proceedings in federal, state, and municipal courts—along with a number of psycholinguistic experiments involving mock juror reactions to interpreted testimony—to present...
The Science of Persuasion
A Litigator's Guide to Juror Decision-Making
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
The ability to persuade comes naturally to some people and is completely foreign to others. This new second edition, is your thorough guide to the way jurors make decisions, and how you can use that knowledge to convince them that your story of a case is the correct version. This book was written for...
Articulate Advocate
Persuasive Skills for Lawyers in Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations, and Motions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
An advocate may know what to say but is only effective when he or she knows how to be persuasive. Combining fact with know-how to persuade judges, juries, and arbitrator, the book teaches immediately useful techniques such as how to channel the initial adrenaline buzz, grab and hold the fact finder's...
by Kelvin Purdy
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2013
Some are exonerated by DNA evidence . Kelvin Kingsbury Purdy remains convicted , in Canada , after being scientifically excluded by it ...
by Sir Fred Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
There has been very little public intellectual discourse in the Commonwealth Caribbean on one of the most vexing issues of the criminal justice system: the retention of the death penalty as a punishment. In The Death Penalty and Human Rights, Sir Fred Phillips examines the changing nature...
Mooting
The Definitive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2017
Mooting offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills in an enjoyable, interactive and challenging way. Participation in mooting can lead to improved academic performance, enhancing your knowledge and your ability to handle complex legal materials as well as improving the power of your persuasive...
Parallel Proceedings
Navigating Multiple Case Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Parallel proceedings refers to the simultaneous or successive investigation or litigation of separate criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings. This book serves as a central repository of statutes, case law, Department of Justice policy, federal agency policy, litigation strategy and ethical...
The Rise and Fall of the Right of Silence
Principle, Politics and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence. The right to silence has served as the practical expression of the principles...
The Expert Expert
The Path to Prosperity and Prominence as an Expert Witness
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Experts occupy a unique position in the litigation process. The law and the courts give them automatic authority and credibility at the outset. But the greatest challenge for experts as they navigate the court process is to preserve that high level of credibility going forward. In The Expert Expert,...
Acing the LLB
Capturing Your Full Potential to Improve Your Grades
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Often law students don't achieve the results they are capable of, not because of a lack of intellectual ability, but because they haven’t fully understood what is required of them and what they could and should do to achieve higher marks. Acing the LLB will help those students realise their full...
by James Ogle
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
LYNCHED AT LAW: The Insidious Hand of American Justice Steeped in the American dream, I doubted the claim that there were many innocents in America’s prisons. However, my life was shattered when, without warning, I was maliciously targeted and trapped by a criminal agent of the government—Wendell...
by David Merkatz
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
What would you do if you were arrested and wrongly charged with a crime?
It can happen in the blink of an eye.
It’s not supposed to happen in the United States, but it can at any time. After being advised by his attorney in 2013 that his new marketing strategy was legal, Florida locksmith...
Preparing to Moot
A Step-by-Step Guide to Mooting
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Mooting is an increasingly important activity in UK law schools. This is because mooting offers students the opportunity to develop advanced analytical, research, drafting and advocacy based skills, which help to improve their general academic achievement and employability profiles. Tangible evidence...