Trial Tactics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Trial Tactics book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
This text for law students gives a comprehensive discussion of the recurring questions of trial practice. Illustrative cases are used to raise issues and offer suggested answers. Rules and suggestions for effective trial advocacy, including ethical considerations
Author : Stephen A. Saltzburg Publisher : American Bar Association Page : 492 pages File Size : 51,6 Mb Release : 2007 Category : Law ISBN : 159031767X
Over the past few years, public attention focused on the Jian Ghomeshi trial, the failings of Judge Greg Lenehan in the Halifax taxi driver case, and the judicial disciplinary proceedings against former Justice Robin Camp have placed the sexual assault trial process under significant scrutiny. Less than one percent of the sexual assaults that occur each year in Canada result in legal sanction for those who commit these offences. Survivors often distrust and fear the criminal justice process, and as a result, over ninety percent of sexual assaults go unreported. Unfortunately, their fears are well founded. In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent in sexual assault prosecutions, Elaine Craig provides an even-handed account of the ways in which the legal profession unnecessarily – and sometimes unlawfully – contributes to the trauma and re-victimization experienced by those who testify as sexual assault complainants. Gathering conclusive evidence from interviews with experienced lawyers across Canada, reported case law, lawyer memoirs, recent trial transcripts, and defence lawyers’ public statements and commercial advertisements, Putting Trials on Trial demonstrates that – despite prominent contestations – complainants are regularly subjected to abusive, humiliating, and discriminatory treatment when they turn to the law to respond to sexual violations. In pursuit of trial practices that are less harmful to sexual assault complainants as well as survivors of sexual violence more broadly, Putting Trials on Trial makes serious, substantiated, and necessary claims about the ethical and cultural failures of the Canadian legal profession.
This practical guide to trial advocacy provides a step-by-step approach to winning cases in court. The author, a highly regarded trial lawyer and professor, offers practical tips on every aspect of the trial process, from pre-trial preparation to closing arguments. He also shares his insights on the psychology of persuasion, helping lawyers to connect with judges and juries in a more effective way. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Winning Jury Trials by Robert H. Klonoff,Paul L. Colby Pdf
The Third Edition of Winning Jury Trials combines the same strong premise of its previous editions (evidence sponsorship) and the same strong theme (there is, in fact, a right way to teach trial skills) with many new features, including more detailed guidance on the critical questions of whether and when to impeach one's own witness with harmful material. This text, by Robert Klonoff and Paul Colby, takes a solid approach to evidence and focuses on issues such as: • Choosing witnesses • Introducing negative evidence • How to handle marginal evidence • Weaving the fundamental elements of your case into your evidence, for example, opening statements and cross-examination
This book, by Mr. Andrew J. Hirschl, of the Chicago bar, is full of the information which has been gained by actual practice in and out of the courts and is intensely practical. Though we are somewhat shocked at times at the boldness of some of its suggestions, yet, when examined from the author's standpoint, which is that of the client's interest which is regarded as affected by either that of an unjust attack, or some wrong he feels it necessary to have remedied by process of law, we are constrained to agree with him. Everyone has a right to a fair trial even though his attorney may think him to be in the wrong. It frequently turns out that a lawyer finds that he has been mistaken in the belief that his client may be the wrongdoer. It has been shown that parties have confessed to wrongful acts, of which, afterwards, other parties have been clearly shown to have been guilty. The book abounds in practical suggestions for the young practitioner and good advice as to the personal conduct of the lawyer in and out of court. For instance, on page 57 the author says, as to the advocate's attitude before a jury: "The jury as a rule, like fair play. Fairness is by all odds the strongest position to assume in the course of any litigation and of course that involves being gentlemanly and tolerant and patient. It is better to be too tolerant than not tolerant enough, to avoid being the offender. The case should be conducted properly, within the bounds of law and in a gentlemanly manner, then if the opponent is differently constituted, if he is unfair, provokes discussion, makes jeering remarks, the jury will soon become prejudiced against him and turn their sympathies the other way. The time comes when they will see that one man is being imposed upon, that the other man's insulting remarks are wrong and unfair, and when a favorable opportunity comes, he can be crushed with one effective response. A double end is thus gained. The antagonist has been overcome and the sympathy of the jury has been retained. A much wiser and stronger course than to follow him in his petty bickerings as some lawyers do; to bicker back and return sneer for sneer, while both contestants belittle themselves before the jury." This is good advice, for, it is too often the case that young lawyers get wrong notions of the proper attitude to assume before a jury. We have all seen the man described in the above quotation. He is often the development of assumption, and of course, is not then natural. A man never loses by being a gentleman anywhere, but there is no place where it tells with more benefit than in a court room. It is a virtue that had best be assumed if one has it not. It will be found of great value to the young lawyer and a profit to all to read. -The Central Law Journal, Vol. 63 [1906]
