Trial Practice category: 67 books
by Trey Cox, James M. Stanton
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Whether an attorney has spent years in the courtroom or is embarking on his first trial experience, gaining insight into a jury’s thought process, decision making and perception are all key advantages at trial. In order to better educate and prepare attorneys to navigate this complex jury process,...
From Truth to Technique at Trial
A Discursive History of Advocacy Advice Texts
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
From Truth to Technique addresses key questions raised by the burgeoning literature in what Philip Gaines calls advocacy advice texts-manuals, handbooks, and other how-to guides-written by lawyers for lawyers, both practicing and aspiring, to help them be as effective as possible in trial advocacy....
by Geoffrey Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
This book considers the two most raked over trials in history. It looks at them in tandem under the following headings: Sources; Powers; Laws; Accused; Teachings; Accusers; Courts; Charges; Prosecutions; Defences; Verdicts; Reactions; Conclusions; History; Responsibility.No book has analysed either...
The Trial
Four Thousand Years of Courtroom Drama
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
For as long as accuser and accused have faced each other in public, criminal trials have been establishing far more than who did what to whom–and in this fascinating book, Sadakat Kadri surveys four thousand years of courtroom drama.
A brilliantly engaging writer, Kadri journeys from the...
One Hundred Days Before Trial
A Family Lawyer's Guide to Preparation and Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The author offers an alternative to the mad-dash scramble model of trial preparation, with a simple message: start early with the end in mind, develop a plan, and maintain self-discipline to work the plan on a regular basis.
The book is broken into segments based upon arbitrary time periods....
Ladies And Gentlemen Of The Jury
Greatest Closing Arguments In Modern Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 1999
The closing arguments from ten noteworthy cases—“lawyers and nonlawyers will enjoy the passion and eloquence of these counselors; practitioners of law will find much to learn from them” (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were able to...
by Peter A. Galbraith
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
In mid-December, 1981, a small air taxi crashed at 10,300' on the slopes of Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska. All four people aboard survived the crash and the wreckage was quickly located. The weather was good the next morning but no rescuers landed nearby and no emergency supplies were...
Ten Great American Trials
Lessons in Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Ten Great American Trials looks at of some of the most highly publicized—and fascinating—court cases of the twentieth century. The book analyzes the use by prosecutors and defense attorneys of trial advocacy techniques (involving discovery, pre-trial motions, jury selection, direct testimony,...
by Marco Wan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
How do lawyers, judges and jurors read novels? And what is at stake when literature and law confront each other in the courtroom? Nineteenth-century England and France are remembered for their active legal prosecution of literature, and this book examines the ways in which five novels were interpreted...
by Anthony G. Amsterdam, Martin Guggenheim, Randy Hertz
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
This updated second edition is a complete how-to guidebook for handling juvenile court cases from beginning to end. It details the tasks, skills, rules of law, and issues of strategic judgment involved in representing clients in juvenile court. If you have little or no juvenile court experience and are...
Reversal of Fortune
Inside the Von Bulow Case
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Defense attorney and Harvard law professor provides an insider's account of the trial, appeal, subsequent retrial, and acquittal in the murder case of Claus von Bulow, profiling the people involved.
NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.
In the Interest of Justice
Great Opening & Closing Statements Throu
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
This rich and rewarding volume collects more than two dozen of the most memorable opening and closing arguments made by top prosecutors and defense attorneys of the last one hundred years. Carefully selected to explore every major aspect and challenge of the legal process, these speeches highlight...
Coaching Your Client
A Lawyer's Guide for Improving Client Communication and Client Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2016
Rather than trying to impose a preferred solution on their client, lawyers should better listen to their clients; educate their clients on their options; and engage the client in solutions. The benefits of this approach include:
Happier clients and a more productive attorney-client relationship
A...
And the Walls Came Tumbling Down
Greatest Closing Arguments Protecting Civil Libertie
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
The second volume in a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history
Every day, Americans enjoy the freedom to decide what we do with our property, our bodies, our speech, and our votes. However, the rights to these freedoms have not always been guaranteed. Our civil...