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Fundamentals of Trial Techniques
Shelf wear. Marker mark to fore edge. Some creasing to cover some pages. Used book mark, college name on first page. There may be other writing marks but we have not seen them. Binding is tight.
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400 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1984
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May 30, 2017
The poo-brown and puke-green cover of my 1980 edition doesn't do justice for Mauet's careful, crisp, and informative prose.
So, full disclosure: I am not a lawyer, nor a law student, and I am not even remotely interested in becoming either. That said, Mauet wrote a really interesting and thorough guide for trial lawyers. The chapters, which cover the entire trial process from toe to tip to closing arguments, are almost perfectly self-contained and filled with examples that you can jump right into it and plunder what you need. Definitions and explanations are sometimes obnoxiously not given till later chapters -- but in all likelihood, the reader is at least familiar with basic legalese already.
I especially appreciate the author taking the time to give entire opening, closing, and rebuttal arguments from both sides, and making very convincing cases for both prosecution/plaintiff and defense. He accomplishes just what he suggests a trial lawyer should do: be friendly, but also exude control and knowledge to your audience.
Also, hearsay is really a tricky, tricky subject...
(Now, a brief notice: laws and procedure change. I assume there were editions after mine that were updated appropriately. For instance, there's a section in my book on Jury Selection called "Ethnic Characteristics," and does not make mention of Batson challenges...since it was published ~6 years before Batson v. Kentucky and similar decisions threw a monkey wrench into that).
So, full disclosure: I am not a lawyer, nor a law student, and I am not even remotely interested in becoming either. That said, Mauet wrote a really interesting and thorough guide for trial lawyers. The chapters, which cover the entire trial process from toe to tip to closing arguments, are almost perfectly self-contained and filled with examples that you can jump right into it and plunder what you need. Definitions and explanations are sometimes obnoxiously not given till later chapters -- but in all likelihood, the reader is at least familiar with basic legalese already.
I especially appreciate the author taking the time to give entire opening, closing, and rebuttal arguments from both sides, and making very convincing cases for both prosecution/plaintiff and defense. He accomplishes just what he suggests a trial lawyer should do: be friendly, but also exude control and knowledge to your audience.
Also, hearsay is really a tricky, tricky subject...
(Now, a brief notice: laws and procedure change. I assume there were editions after mine that were updated appropriately. For instance, there's a section in my book on Jury Selection called "Ethnic Characteristics," and does not make mention of Batson challenges...since it was published ~6 years before Batson v. Kentucky and similar decisions threw a monkey wrench into that).
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