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A Death in the Islands

The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow

by Mike Farris ...

Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia’s mother, socialite Grace Fortescue, and husband, along with two sailors, kidnap one of the accused in an attempt to coerce a ... Read more

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Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia’s mother, socialite Grace Fortescue, and husband, along with two sailors, kidnap one of the accused in an attempt to coerce a
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The Reform of Child Care Law

A Practical Guide to the Children Act 1989

by John Eekelaar, Robert Dingwall ...

Children Act 1989 introduced the most radical changes to child care law for a generation. Eekelaar and Dingwall provide a concise, practical guide to the legislation for all professionals practising in this area. ... Read more

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Children Act 1989 introduced the most radical changes to child care law for a generation. Eekelaar and Dingwall provide a concise, practical guide to the legislation for all professionals practising in this area.
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United States Tax Court: A Historical Analysis

A Historical Analysis

by Harold Dubroff, Brant J. Hellwig ...

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT-OVERSTOCK SALE -Significantly reduced list priceThe United States Tax Court has played a key role in the development of Federal tax law since its founding as the Board of Tax Appeals in 1924.The United States Tax Court-An Historical Analysis (Second Edition) is a 13-part scholarly work which provides insight into the forces which created and shaped the ... Read more

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NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRODUCT-OVERSTOCK SALE -Significantly reduced list priceThe United States Tax Court has played a key role in the development of Federal tax law since its founding as the Board of Tax Appeals in 1924.The United States Tax Court-An Historical Analysis (Second Edition) is a 13-part scholarly work which provides insight into the forces which created and shaped the
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Three Strikes and You’re Out!

The Chronicle of America’s Toughest Anti-Crime Law

by Mike Reynolds, Bill Jones, Dan Evans ...

This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to see it enacted, and who believe in it passionately. It is the story of one family’s heartbreak, of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering by consistently soft-on-crime, liberal politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it’s the story of the ultimate ... Read more

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This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to see it enacted, and who believe in it passionately. It is the story of one family’s heartbreak, of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering by consistently soft-on-crime, liberal politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it’s the story of the ultimate
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The Expert Expert

The Path to Prosperity and Prominence as an Expert Witness

by Douglas L. Field ...

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, author Douglas L. Field presents detailed information to help an expert professional become an ... Read more

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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, author Douglas L. Field presents detailed information to help an expert professional become an
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The Devil's Advocates

Greatest Closing Arguments in Criminal Law

by Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell ...

From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history.Criminal law is considered by many to be the most exciting of the legal specialties, and here the authors turn to the type of dramatic crimes and ... Read more

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From the authors of the acclaimed Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, and featuring some of the most important cases in criminal law, The Devil's Advocates is the final volume of a must-have trilogy of the best closing arguments in American legal history.Criminal law is considered by many to be the most exciting of the legal specialties, and here the authors turn to the type of dramatic crimes and
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The Jury Crisis

What’s Wrong with Jury Trials and How We Can Save Them

by Drury R. Sherrod ...

Juries have a bad reputation. Often jurors are seen as incompetent, biased and unpredictable, and jury trials are seen as a waste of time and money. In fact, so few criminal and civil cases reach a jury today that trial by jury is on the verge of extinction. Juries are being replaced by mediators, arbitrators and private judges. The wise trial of “Twelve Angry Men” has become a fiction. As a ... Read more

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Juries have a bad reputation. Often jurors are seen as incompetent, biased and unpredictable, and jury trials are seen as a waste of time and money. In fact, so few criminal and civil cases reach a jury today that trial by jury is on the verge of extinction. Juries are being replaced by mediators, arbitrators and private judges. The wise trial of “Twelve Angry Men” has become a fiction. As a
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Una Gentildonna davanti al Sant'uffizio

Il processo per eresia a Isabella della Frattina 1568-1570

by Federica Ambrosini ...

Series series Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance
Ce livre offre l’édition critique d’un procès vénitien pour hérésie au XVIe siècle, inédit jusqu’à présent. L'accusée était une jeune noble dame demeurant à Portogruaro, une petite ville du Nord-Est de la République de Venise; elle s’appelait Isabella da Passano et était mariée avec le feudataire Marco della Frattina. Son procès fut confié au Sant’Uffizio de Venise. Isabella demeura en procès ... Read more

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Ce livre offre l’édition critique d’un procès vénitien pour hérésie au XVIe siècle, inédit jusqu’à présent. L'accusée était une jeune noble dame demeurant à Portogruaro, une petite ville du Nord-Est de la République de Venise; elle s’appelait Isabella da Passano et était mariée avec le feudataire Marco della Frattina. Son procès fut confié au Sant’Uffizio de Venise. Isabella demeura en procès
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MacCarthy on Impeachment

How to Find and Use These Weapons of Mass Destruction

by Sean Patrick MacCarthy Sean Patrick MacCarthy, Terence F. MacCarthy ...

Impeachment of witnesses is "an alien, mystifying, and obtuse area of the law," write the authors of MacCarthy on Impeachment. While there are many books on evidence and trial advocacy, there is very little written specifically on impeachment. For the trial lawyer and judge, it is one of the most confusing and misunderstood parts of the trial. Just as cross examination is the most difficult of ... Read more

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Impeachment of witnesses is "an alien, mystifying, and obtuse area of the law," write the authors of MacCarthy on Impeachment. While there are many books on evidence and trial advocacy, there is very little written specifically on impeachment. For the trial lawyer and judge, it is one of the most confusing and misunderstood parts of the trial. Just as cross examination is the most difficult of
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曲與直：美國法庭真實故事

by 陶龍生 ...

善與惡、曲與直──法庭審判是否真能維護正義？資深留美律師以真實的法庭故事，展現矛盾的人性與環環相扣的法界生態，政治迫害？司法不公？精采的法庭攻防第一手紀錄，為是非曲直的明辨帶來一線曙光！「世上之事本無善惡之分，人心使然。」審判在追尋真相，真相由事實編織，而事實需要證明。常見的證據，它們可靠嗎？「寧縱十惡，不殺無辜」──證據的展現和考驗，是法庭審判的核心任務！◆20世紀以來最年幼的死刑犯喬治，在電椅上露出痛苦扭曲的表情。是怎樣不公的審判過程，連凶器都未確定就草率結案，沉寂了70年的錯誤該如何矯正？◆警察巡邏時用鎖喉法勒... ... Read more

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善與惡、曲與直──法庭審判是否真能維護正義？資深留美律師以真實的法庭故事，展現矛盾的人性與環環相扣的法界生態，政治迫害？司法不公？精采的法庭攻防第一手紀錄，為是非曲直的明辨帶來一線曙光！「世上之事本無善惡之分，人心使然。」審判在追尋真相，真相由事實編織，而事實需要證明。常見的證據，它們可靠嗎？「寧縱十惡，不殺無辜」──證據的展現和考驗，是法庭審判的核心任務！◆20世紀以來最年幼的死刑犯喬治，在電椅上露出痛苦扭曲的表情。是怎樣不公的審判過程，連凶器都未確定就草率結案，沉寂了70年的錯誤該如何矯正？◆警察巡邏時用鎖喉法勒...
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L'affaire Jubillar

by La Chronique Judiciaire ...

Le corps de Delphine Jubillar n'a jamais été retrouvé. Pourtant, son mari, Cédric Jubillar, a été condamné pour son meurtre. Sur quoi repose cette décision ?Dans ce récit d'enquête unique, précis et implacable, vous plongerez au cœur d'une affaire judiciaire qui a tenu la France en haleine pendant cinq ans. De la disparition inexpliquée à la condamnation sans aveux ni preuves matérielles, ce livre ... Read more

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Le corps de Delphine Jubillar n'a jamais été retrouvé. Pourtant, son mari, Cédric Jubillar, a été condamné pour son meurtre. Sur quoi repose cette décision ?Dans ce récit d'enquête unique, précis et implacable, vous plongerez au cœur d'une affaire judiciaire qui a tenu la France en haleine pendant cinq ans. De la disparition inexpliquée à la condamnation sans aveux ni preuves matérielles, ce livre
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Loubna Benaïssa, victime d'un prof de judo ?

by Daniel de Troch ...

Loubna Benaïssa, jeune Marocaine, vivait en famille à Bruxelles, jusqu’au jour de son enlèvement, de son viol et de sa mise à mort par un certain Patrick Derochette.Cette affaire a fait l’objet d’un premier travail d’investigation de la part de la commission d’enquête parlementaire chargée d’examiner la manière dont l’enquête, dans ses volets policier et judiciaire, a été menée dans « l’affaire ... Read more

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Loubna Benaïssa, jeune Marocaine, vivait en famille à Bruxelles, jusqu’au jour de son enlèvement, de son viol et de sa mise à mort par un certain Patrick Derochette.Cette affaire a fait l’objet d’un premier travail d’investigation de la part de la commission d’enquête parlementaire chargée d’examiner la manière dont l’enquête, dans ses volets policier et judiciaire, a été menée dans « l’affaire
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Violences conjugales

Au cœur de l'audition judiciaire...

by Karine Bonnefond, Caroline Duparc, Ernestine Ronai, Édouard Durand ...

Series series Essai
Les violences conjugales n’ont ni frontières ni limites, elles existent quels que soient l’âge, le sexe, la religion, la culture ou le niveau d’études Elles font également des victimes – non au sens pénal du terme – oubliées dans les procédures légales : les enfants, témoins silencieux, dont la parole fut longtemps négligée.L’auteure, spécialiste de la problématique des violences a rassemblé dans ... Read more

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Les violences conjugales n’ont ni frontières ni limites, elles existent quels que soient l’âge, le sexe, la religion, la culture ou le niveau d’études Elles font également des victimes – non au sens pénal du terme – oubliées dans les procédures légales : les enfants, témoins silencieux, dont la parole fut longtemps négligée.L’auteure, spécialiste de la problématique des violences a rassemblé dans
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Mooting

The Definitive Guide to a Key Legal Skill

by Eric Baskind ...

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 moot itself.The second edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, reflecting changes brought about by the evolving digital landscape, as ... Read more

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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 moot itself.The second edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, reflecting changes brought about by the evolving digital landscape, as
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Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial

by Agata Fijalkowski ...

Series series Discourses of Law
Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials.The dispensation of justice during communist rule in Albania, East Germany, and Poland was reliant on legal propaganda, making the visual a fundamental part of the legitimacy of the law. Analysing photographs of trials, this book examines how ... Read more

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Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European show trials.The dispensation of justice during communist rule in Albania, East Germany, and Poland was reliant on legal propaganda, making the visual a fundamental part of the legitimacy of the law. Analysing photographs of trials, this book examines how
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The Big Trial

Law as Public Spectacle

by Lawrence M. Friedman ...

Winner: Scribes Book AwardThe trial of O. J. Simpson was a sensation, avidly followed by millions of people, but it was also, in a sense, nothing new. One hundred years earlier the Lizzie Borden trial had held the nation in thrall. The names (and the crimes) may change, but the appeal is enduring—and why this is, how it works, and what it means are what Lawrence Friedman investigates in The Big ... Read more

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Winner: Scribes Book AwardThe trial of O. J. Simpson was a sensation, avidly followed by millions of people, but it was also, in a sense, nothing new. One hundred years earlier the Lizzie Borden trial had held the nation in thrall. The names (and the crimes) may change, but the appeal is enduring—and why this is, how it works, and what it means are what Lawrence Friedman investigates in The Big
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Serial Killer, omicidi seriali: rilievi investigativi e quadri psichiatrico-forensi

by Antonio Greco ...

Il volume è una analisi ragionata che guiderà il lettore verso un approccio consapevole del fenomeno dell’omicidio seriale: il più subdolo atto criminale della società moderna.INDICE DEI CONTENUTI DEL VOLUMEGli omicidi seriali. Le origini del Mito.Omicidi seriali: Analisi del fenomeno.Gli omicidi seriali. Il perché dell’atto omicida.Un approccio Biologico.La personalità sociopatica.L’approccio ... Read more

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Il volume è una analisi ragionata che guiderà il lettore verso un approccio consapevole del fenomeno dell’omicidio seriale: il più subdolo atto criminale della società moderna.INDICE DEI CONTENUTI DEL VOLUMEGli omicidi seriali. Le origini del Mito.Omicidi seriali: Analisi del fenomeno.Gli omicidi seriali. Il perché dell’atto omicida.Un approccio Biologico.La personalità sociopatica.L’approccio
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CSI for the First Responder

A Concise Guide

by Jan LeMay ...

Critical to the successful apprehension and prosecution of criminals, the job of collecting evidence at a crime scene requires knowledge, technical skills, patience, and perseverance. Often this task falls on just one individual — the officer on routine patrol duties who is the first to arrive at the scene of a crime. Written by an expert with seventeen years experience in law enforcement, CSI for ... Read more

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Critical to the successful apprehension and prosecution of criminals, the job of collecting evidence at a crime scene requires knowledge, technical skills, patience, and perseverance. Often this task falls on just one individual — the officer on routine patrol duties who is the first to arrive at the scene of a crime. Written by an expert with seventeen years experience in law enforcement, CSI for
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How to Think Like a Lawyer

Three Easy Steps Collection

by Adeline Alexander ...

Series series Three Easy Steps Collection
How to Think Like a Lawyer in Three Easy Stepsis a little book packed with powerful ideas. Perfect as a gift or a quick read, it introduces one of the most valuable skills taught in law school: how to think clearly, analyze carefully, and reason persuasively. Attorney Adeline Alexander distills legal reasoning into three simple, memorable steps that make the lawyer's way of thinking accessible to ... Read more

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How to Think Like a Lawyer in Three Easy Stepsis a little book packed with powerful ideas. Perfect as a gift or a quick read, it introduces one of the most valuable skills taught in law school: how to think clearly, analyze carefully, and reason persuasively. Attorney Adeline Alexander distills legal reasoning into three simple, memorable steps that make the lawyer's way of thinking accessible to
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Discovery Across the Globe

Obtaining Evidence Abroad to Support U.S. Proceedings

by Brett Harrison, Gavin Foggo, Jorge A. Mestre ...

Civil litigation in the United States is becoming an increasingly international practice, requiring litigants and courts to apply foreign and international law in order to resolve domestic cases. Discovery is one of the principal areas of civil litigation that requires collaboration across national lines and efficacy of court orders beyond jurisdictional boundaries. Although central to the ... Read more

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Civil litigation in the United States is becoming an increasingly international practice, requiring litigants and courts to apply foreign and international law in order to resolve domestic cases. Discovery is one of the principal areas of civil litigation that requires collaboration across national lines and efficacy of court orders beyond jurisdictional boundaries. Although central to the
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The Art of Cross-Examination (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. With the Cross-Examinations of Important Witnesses in Some Celebrated Cases

by Francis L. Wellman, Delia Penmere ...

The Art of Cross-Examination is a classic treatise on courtroom advocacy, combining practical instruction with vivid examples drawn from celebrated trials. Francis L. Wellman treats cross-examination not as mere aggression, but as an intellectual art requiring preparation, psychological insight, restraint, and tactical timing. Written in a lucid, anecdotal style characteristic of early twentieth ... Read more

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The Art of Cross-Examination is a classic treatise on courtroom advocacy, combining practical instruction with vivid examples drawn from celebrated trials. Francis L. Wellman treats cross-examination not as mere aggression, but as an intellectual art requiring preparation, psychological insight, restraint, and tactical timing. Written in a lucid, anecdotal style characteristic of early twentieth
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英国争议解决的语境分析

— 通过法律原则、判例分析与应用性思维理解英国法的语境化方法 —

by Mil Divad ...

Series Book 4 - SQE语境化英国法系列
清晰而系统地掌握 SQE 争议解决的方法争议解决通常被视为一个纯粹程序性的法律领域。然而，真正理解争议解决，仅仅记忆规则是不够的——还需要清晰掌握构成民事诉讼基础的基本原则、诉讼策略与整体结构。本书以英国法的语境化方法为基础，为 SQE 备考提供一套全面且系统构建的争议解决学习指南。本书并非孤立地罗列程序规则，而是解释程序框架如何以及为何以现有方式运作，从而帮助考生以连贯且具有实务性的方式理解民事诉讼。本书涵盖以下内容：• 对争议解决核心原则进行清晰且系统的讲解• 对主要领域进行基于语境的分析，包括管辖权、送达、案件管理以及证据• 解释相关法律背景，包括效率、公平以及司法救济的可及性• 建立法律规则与其在 SQE 考试语境下实际应用之间的联系本书适合以下读者：• 希望超越死记硬背的 SQE 考生• 希望建立对民事诉讼系统性与策略性理解的法学院学生• 首... ... Read more

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清晰而系统地掌握 SQE 争议解决的方法争议解决通常被视为一个纯粹程序性的法律领域。然而，真正理解争议解决，仅仅记忆规则是不够的——还需要清晰掌握构成民事诉讼基础的基本原则、诉讼策略与整体结构。本书以英国法的语境化方法为基础，为 SQE 备考提供一套全面且系统构建的争议解决学习指南。本书并非孤立地罗列程序规则，而是解释程序框架如何以及为何以现有方式运作，从而帮助考生以连贯且具有实务性的方式理解民事诉讼。本书涵盖以下内容：• 对争议解决核心原则进行清晰且系统的讲解• 对主要领域进行基于语境的分析，包括管辖权、送达、案件管理以及证据• 解释相关法律背景，包括效率、公平以及司法救济的可及性• 建立法律规则与其在 SQE 考试语境下实际应用之间的联系本书适合以下读者：• 希望超越死记硬背的 SQE 考生• 希望建立对民事诉讼系统性与策略性理解的法学院学生• 首...
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Trial

A Guide from Start to Finish

by Mikal C. Watts, Sawnie A. McEntire McEntire ...

In a world of high-dollar discovery, lengthy motion practice, prohibitively expensive experts, pervasive Daubert practice, detailed pretrial exchanges, and more formal trial rules, it is more difficult than ever for young lawyers to get the courtroom experience they so desperately need to become real trial lawyers. It is this deficit of courtroom experience that created this book.Trial: A Guide ... Read more

£46.07

In a world of high-dollar discovery, lengthy motion practice, prohibitively expensive experts, pervasive Daubert practice, detailed pretrial exchanges, and more formal trial rules, it is more difficult than ever for young lawyers to get the courtroom experience they so desperately need to become real trial lawyers. It is this deficit of courtroom experience that created this book.Trial: A Guide
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Cross Examination

A Primer for the Family Lawyer

by Stephen Gassman ...

In direct examination, you are directing the witness, with the witness being permitted to answer in narrative form. In cross examination, you are leading the witness, with the goal of the witness giving a monosyllabic answer of "yes" or "no." Stated otherwise, direct examination builds, while cross examination leads. If performed correctly, in direct examination, you guide the witness; in cross ... Read more

£44.36

In direct examination, you are directing the witness, with the witness being permitted to answer in narrative form. In cross examination, you are leading the witness, with the goal of the witness giving a monosyllabic answer of "yes" or "no." Stated otherwise, direct examination builds, while cross examination leads. If performed correctly, in direct examination, you guide the witness; in cross
... Read more

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