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Ten Great American Trials: Lessons in Advocacy
By Faust F Rossi and Glenn C Altschuler
Ten Great American Trials: Lessons in Advocacy
By Faust F Rossi and Glenn C Altschuler
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Ten Great American Trials provides chapter-length accounts of some of the most highly publicized – and fascinating – court cases of the twentieth century. Each narrative contains an analysis of prosecutors' and defense attorneys' use 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. The book also assesses the impact of cultural, social, and political values on the proceedings and the outcomes. The cases, several of which have been dubbed “the crime of the century,” were selected because they are dramatic, suspenseful, emotional, intellectually powerful, and have become part of American culture.
Uncertainty about motives, guilt or innocence, it is worth noting, still haunt several of of these trials. And every one of the cases has inspired a full length movie, a television series, and/or a documentary.
All ten trials shed light on one or more “hot button” issues: xenophobia, the death penalty, race, anti-communism, free speech rights, homosexuality, and child abuse. The trials covered are:
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ABA Book Publishing
ISBN
9781634255929
UPC Code
9781634255929
Page Count
398
Product Code
1620723
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6x9 paperback
Publication Date
8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM
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