Pretrial Advocacy (Aspen Coursebook)
by Marilyn J Berger, John B. Mitchell, and Ronald H. Clark
Zwangsversteigerung und Zwangsverwaltung (de Gruyter Handbuch)
by Klaus-Niels Knees
Trial by Fire and Water (Oxford University Press academic monograph reprints)
by Robert Bartlett
An examination of the workings of trial by ordeal from its first appearance in the barbarian law codes, tracing its use by Christian societies to its last use as a test for witchcraft in modern Europe and America. Trial by ordeal has been an important legal procedure in many periods and regions. This work discusses various recent theories about the operation and decline of the practice. The author also considers some of the general historical problems of understanding a society in which religiou...
Florida Evidence Code with Objections (NITA)
by Teresa McGarry, Lisa Hirsch, Anthony J. Bocchino, and David A Sonenshein
The Truth about the O.J. Simpson Trial
by F Lee Bailey, John Greenya, Pat McKenna, and Jennifer Sisson
The Definitive Account of the O.J. Simpson Trial, by Legendary Defense Attorney F. Lee Bailey It was called "The Trial of the Century." Beloved football sensation, O.J. Simpson was famous for his prowess on the field, his good looks, and his charm. But all that changed the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally slaughtered in her front yard late at night on June 12, 1994. The media circus that consumed the news cycle for the next eighteen months would for...
Freedom, the Individual and the Law (Penguin Law S.)
by Harry Street
Individual freedom is coming under more complicated and sophisticated threats, which only the law can combat. This book analyzes human-rights issues of the moment, such as media invasions of privacy, miscarriages of justice, the Runciman Royal Commission, euthanasia, Iraqgate at the Old Bailey, police and social-work malpractice, the new Broadcasting and Asylum Acts, attempts to control the security services, discrimination against women, blacks and homosexuals, satellite porn, sado-masochism an...
The Moral Compass of the American Lawyer
by Richard A. Zitrin and Carol M. Langford
These are perilous times for Americans who need access to the legal system. Too many lawyers blatantly abuse power and trust, engage in reckless ethical misconduct, grossly unjust billing practices, and dishonesty disguised as client protection. All this has undermined the credibility of lawyers and the authority of the legal system. In the court of public opinion, many lawyers these days are guiltier than the criminals or giant corporations they defend. Is the public right? In this eye-opening...
Successful advocacy approaches are essential for the practice of law. Lawyers, law professors, judges, and other legal commentators have offered numerous recommendations for how trial lawyers can persuade juries, including techniques in verbal and non-verbal communication, attorney demeanour, and so forth. These recommendations have been put into trial practice handbooks and are frequently taught in law schools as part of the trial advocacy curriculum. However, they often rely on popular assumpt...