The " how-to-win" trial manual
Subtitle: winning trial-advocacy in a nutshell : including a "test yourself" practice session (with the answers)
By: by Ralph Adam Fine.
Edition: Rev. 2nd ed.
Publisher: Juris Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Yonkers, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Trial practice -- United States
Other titles: Winning trial advocacy in a nutshell.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The royal road; title: Truth in the courtroom; title: The importance of belief; title: You must be the truth-giver; title: Persistence of belief; title: The winning theme; title: Constructing a winning theme; title: The three main tools of persuasion in the courtroom; title: Opening statements; title: Evidence is used to validate the lawyer's promises of proof; title: Use the "bad facts" to win; title: The burden of proof; title: Limit note taking; title: Don't sound like a lawyer; title: The importance of empathy; title: The opening statement: an annotated demonstration; title: Use the direct-examination to argue your case; title: Never ask "What happened next?"; title: Using diagrams to repeat testimony; title: The direct-examination maxim; title: How to protect your witnesses from cross-examination; title: Two more winning tips for direct-examination; title: Direct-examination: an annotated demonstration; title: A trial is not an evidence test; title: The three faces of cross-examination; title: Cross-examining problem witnesses; title: The cross-examination maxim; title: Why Irving Younger was wrong; title: Cross-examination: an annotated demonstration; title: Summation; title: The function of closing argument; title: A "test yourself" practice session (including the answers); title: A direct-examination and a cross-examination: the right way; title: How to know the rules of evidence cold; title: Voir dire; title: Win victories, not praise; title: One final thought.