| Description |
xix, 412 pages ; 24 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Rule I : personal advocacy -- Rule II : one central theme -- Rule III : make the case bigger than its facts -- Four laws : primacy, recency, frequency, and vividness -- Opening argument -- not opening statement -- Problems to confront in openings -- The form of the opening -- Final considerations in opening -- Application of the principles -- The purpose of direct examination : to argue your case -- Two direct examinations -- Witness preparation and delivery -- Making a witness invulnerable to cross-examination -- Exhibits -- Cross-examination : purpose, methods, and techniques -- Three tools of cross-examination -- Applying the principles -- Expert witnesses -- Closing arguments -- Preparing and delivering a closing argument. |
| Subject |
Trial practice -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Saltzburg, Stephen A., author.
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| Related To |
Abridgement of (work): Stern, Herbert Jay, 1936- Trying cases to win. New York : Wiley Law Publications, 1991-1999. (DLC) 94221465. |
| ISBN |
9781627222785 (hbk.) |
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1627222782 (hbk.) |
| OCLC # |
855209544 |
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