Represent Yourself in Court
Subtitle: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case
Publisher: NOLO
Published: OCTOBER 2010
Table of contents: title: 1 Going It Alone in Court..................................................................................................1; title: The Scope of This Book...............................................................................................................2; title: Can You Really Represent Yourself?......................................................................................5; title: Coping With Being a Stranger in a Strange Land.............................................................. 6; title: Finding a Legal Coach...................................................................................................................7; title: Using This Book.................................................................................................................. 10; title: Trying to Settle Your Case....................................................................................................... 12; title: Alternatives to Trial.................................................................................................................... 13; title: 2 The Courthouse and the Courtroom........................................................... 17; title: An Overview of Different Courts........................................................................................ 19; title: A Typical Courthouse............................................................................................... 20; title: The Courtroom Players.............................................................................................................23; title: The Courtroom and Its Physical Layout.......................................................................... 29; title: Courtroom Rules, Customs, and Etiquette.................................................................... 32; title: 3 Starting Your Case............................................................................................................ 37; title: Do You Have a Good Case?.................................................................................................... 39; title: Is Your Lawsuit Timely?............................................................................................................. 42; title: Which Court Has the Power to Hear Your Case?.......................................................46; title: Beginning a Lawsuit........................................................................................................... 55