Trial Practice

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The Devil's Advocate , a best-selling advocacy manual in both the UK and the Commonwealth, brings a fresh approach to the Do's and Don'ts of good advocacy. Written with humour and style, the title explains clear techniques, taking the reader through the...

Praised as a must-have primer during the Roberts and Alito hearings, Radicals in Robes offers a rigorous yet accessible analysis of what's at stake in the judiciary choices made during these warring days of the Warren/Rehnquist legacy. Radicals in...

1999 saw the greatest revolution in civil practice and procedure for over 100 years with the introduction of the civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions. Introduced as a result of Lord Woolf's report on the reform of the civil courts' Access to...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854314581Author Keith EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Blackstone Press LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 282gDimensions(mm)...

Our court system is struggling. It is too costly to deliver justice for all but the few, too slow to satisfy those who can access it. Yet the values implicit in disputes being resolved in person, and in public, are fundamental to how we have imagined the...

Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings is concerned with the law of legal professional privilege and its practical application in criminal cases and internal investigations, providing a single point of reference for all...

First Steps in the Law is an entertaining and insightful overview of the legal system. Geoffrey Rivlin, who boasts a wealth of experience as a former senior resident judge, barrister, and QC, leads the reader through the quirks of English law,...

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...

Charles M. Sevilla finds comic gems in court transcripts. This new collection starts with a chapter on defendants (one of whom, when asked his marital status, replies after a long pause, "Adequate") and follows with sections on lawyers, experts,...

The ideal guide for the first-time mooter, Preparing to Moot provides an accessible, student-led and pragmatic approach which demystifies the process. Now in its second edition, this book focuses on analysis, research and argument construction as the...

Our court system is struggling. It is too costly to deliver justice for all but the few, too slow to satisfy those who can access it. Yet the values implicit in disputes being resolved in person, and in public, are fundamental to how we have imagined the...

Uncovers a major deficiency of U.S. criminal justice-a trial system that prioritizes winning over truth Reginald Denny. O. J. Simpson. Colin Ferguson. Louise Woodward: all names that have cast a spotlight on the deficiencies of the American system of...

Mooting offers a comprehensive examination of mooting and advocacy, combining both theoretical and practical aspects. This definitive guide will equip you with a complete grasp of mooting from the initial preparatory stages through to advocacy in the...

The delivery of justice is a core function of the modern state. The recent introduction of jury/lay judge systems for criminal trials in Japan, South Korea, Spain, and perhaps soon Taiwan represents a potentially major reform of this core function,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781956470420Author Elizabeth WilliamsFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Redwood Publishing, LLCPublisher Redwood Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780948140068Author Mark ForrestFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint British Association for Local HistoryPublisher British Association for Local...

This text is a practical and very useful guide for police officers of all ranks, designed to prepare them for attending court. Most police officers will at some point be required to attend court and many officers attend on a regular basis. Going to Court...

Winner of the Inner Temple book prize 2015 and the Socio-Legal Studies Association Book prize 2014/15The House of Lords, for over 300 years the UK's highest court, was transformed in 2009 into the UK Supreme Court. This book provides a compelling and...

A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to...

This extensively revised second edition is a rigorous introduction to the construction and criticism of arguments about questions of fact, and to the marshalling and evaluation of evidence at all stages of litigation. It covers the principles underlying...

An Inspector Calls offers anyone with an interest in the family justice system, a selective overview of legal, policy, practice, research and inspectorate history and milestones that mainly cover the four decades from the mid 1980's through to the 2020's...

"Cross-Examination in Criminal Trials" provides a systematic analysis of the techniques of cross-examination in criminal practice. It is about tactics and psychologies. The text integrates cross-examination with fact-finding and advocacy generally,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939506030Author Brian K JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Crown King BooksPublisher Crown King BooksWeight(grams) 381gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, has been called the greatest jurist and legal scholar in the history of the English-speaking world. In this collection of his speeches, opinions and letters, Richard Posner reveals the fullness of Holmes' achievements as judge,...

What is the epistemological value of testimony? What role does language, images, and memory play in its construction? What is the relationship between the person who attests and those who listen? Is bearing witness a concept that is exclusively based in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601568076Author David B OppenheimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

In this remarkable collaboration, one of the nation's leading civil rights lawyers joins forces with one of the world's foremost cultural psychologists to put American constitutional law into an American cultural context. By close readings of key Supreme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601569486Author Laurence M RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Aspen PublishingPublisher Aspen PublishingWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 279mm *...

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...

Many studies have been conducted over the years on the importance of visual perception and visual communication. The consistent takeaway is that using visuals makes a difference in how humans communicate. And then there's the jury setting itself-it is...

The ABA Classics Series, authoritative, affordable, and beautifully designed editions of the world's greatest law books are perfect for any law library or office, or as a gift for anyone involved or interested in the law. Each book has a distinctive...

David Berg, one of America's leading trial lawyers, knows how to win cases. And he knows how to tell a story. In the newly updated The Trial Lawyer: What It Takes To Win, Second Edition, Berg puts both skills to dazzling use in an engaging and...

Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent...

The Judicial System of Russia paints a portrait of the courts of the Russian Federation under Putin, how they work in practice, and what shapes the behaviour of its judges. It stresses the dual nature of a judicial system, where ordinary cases are for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805086850Author Jeffrey RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Holt PaperbackPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615676951Author A S DreierFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Telos PressPublisher Telos PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 6mm

A collection of the closing arguments of some of the most high-profile cases in legal history. Includes: the Nuremberg War Trials, the Charles Manson trial, the John Delorean defence and the prosecution of William Calley for his part in the Mai Lai...