Ten great American trials
Subtitle: lessons in advocacy
By: Glenn C. Altschuler, Faust F. Rossi
Contributors: Rossi, Faust F., author
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781634255929
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Trials
Other titles: 10 great American trials
Description: Embedded in each of the narratives is an analysis of the use by prosecutors and defense attorneys of trial advocacy techniques (involving discovery, pre-trial motions, jury selection, direct testimony, cross-examination, the introduction of forensic exhibits, and summations) to craft compelling stories about what happened. Also assess the impact of cultural, social, and political values on the proceedings and the outcomes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sacco and Vanzetti : martyrs or murderers?; title: Leopold and Loeb : crime of the century; title: The Scottsboro trials : a legal lynching; title: United States v. Alger Hiss : a Cold War confrontation; title: The Sam Sheppard trial : a mockery of justice; title: When the Nazis tried to march in the village of Skokie; title: The murder trial of Dan White : the all-American assassin; title: The von Bülow case; title: The McMartin Preschool child sex abuse case : a national disgrace; title: O.J. Simpson : the criminal justice system on trial.