Nothing but the truth why trial lawyers don't, can't, and shouldn't have to tell the whole truth
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2001.
New York, NY : [2001] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Critical America.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803297206719 |
| Sumario: | 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 |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (231 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814752906 9780814765029 |
