Fundamentals Of Trial Techniques

Fundamentals of Trial Techniques Canadian Edition

This comprehensive text gives your students a sound methodology for trial preparation and reviews the thought processes a trial lawyer should utilize before and during each phase of a trial. Focusing primarily on jury trial, the authors cover the full range of topics from Jury Selection and Opening Statements to Objections and Trial Preparation and Strategy."--pub. desc.

Presents a method of pre-trial preparation, discusses the skills and techniques which must be developed and employed during each phase of the trial process, and gives clear examples of how these techniques may be used at trial. The second edition is fully revised and takes into account the changes from the Evidence Act 1995.

Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes--portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. This looseleaf version of the Connected Casebook does not come with a binder. Trial Techniques and Trials unveils the strategies and thought processes that lawyers use in the courtroom as they present evidence and construct a persuasive argument. Tom Mauet's clear writing and abundant examples explain and illustrate every step of the jury trial process. Comprehensive yet concise, the Tenth Edition provides authoritative coverage, from opening statements, to jury selection, direct-examination, cross-examination, exhibits, objections, and more. Trial Techniques and Trials, Tenth Edition, features: Integrated discussion of the strategy and psychology of persuasion--particularly regarding jury selection, opening statements, and closing arguments Numerous illustrations from tort cases, criminal cases, and commercial trials Broad and flexible use of examples that allows readers to focus on either the plaintiff's or the defendant's side of the case-- or both. A logical organization that follows the chronology of a trial process Tear-away checklists for trial preparation and review Lectures on video of critical moments in a trial litigation, now on the companion website, in addition to a jury trial (on video) and a complete trial notebook (with forms)

THE THIRD AUSTRALIAN EDITION OF FUNDAMENTALS OF TRIAL TECHNIQUE continues to present readers with a comprehensive approach to trial preparation and strategy. Focusing on the knowledge and skills of good persuasive advocacy, this text enables an advocate to approach a trial knowing what to do, how to do it, and why it needs to be done. Adapted from the eighth American edition of MAUET'S TRIAL TECHNIQUES, this new Australian edition has been fully revised. It includes a more comprehensive analysis of jury selection in Chapter 2, and an entirely new Chapter 9 on trial ethics and courtroom etiquette. It addresses each stage of a trial, including jury selection and persuasion, the opening address, examination-in-chief, and the cross-examination of witnesses. It also covers closing arguments, the entry of exhibits, making objections, and trial ethics and etiquette. FUNDAMENTALS OF TRIAL TECHNIQUE, 3RD AUSTRALIAN EDITION, is a highly practical, effective guide to advocacy practice in Australian courts. It is essential reading for those who want to improve their advocacy skills.