Nothing but the truth : why trial lawyers don't, can't, and shouldn't have to tell the whole truth /

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Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent and persuasive narratives. Critics of th...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Lubet, Steven
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : New York University Press, c2001.
New York, NY : [2001]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent and persuasive narratives. Critics of the adversary system, of course, have little patience for storytelling, regarding trial lawyers as flimflam artists who use sly means and cunning rhetoric to befuddle witnesses and bamboozle juries. Why not simply allow the witnesses to speak their minds, without the distorting influence of lawyers' strata
Umfang:
1 online resource (231 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780814752906
081475290X
9780814765029
0814765025
Schlagworte:
Law > United States.
Trial practice > United States.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
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