The Language of Advocacy

What to Say and How to Say It in the English-Speaking Courts
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-1-85431-835-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 152 g

This work explains the language used by the most successful advocates throughout the English-speaking world, and contributors include distinguished lawyers within these jurisdictions, from the Far-East to the USA. As well as dealing with the words and phrases of advocacy, the book covers other aspects of the technique of communication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, Keith

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Question of Niceness; Who Gets called What: the formal and Informal Ways of Addressing the Judiciary; Why Formality, Anyway?; Dealing with the Multiple-person Courts; The Use of the Word 'Learned'; Putting Your Case; Objections; What Do We Really Mean by the 'Language of Advocacy'?; Interchanges with the Bench; Dealing with Witnesses; Arguing Your Case to the Jury.

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Evans is a member of both the English and Californian Bars. He practises on both sides of the Atlantic and is a highly regarded teacher of trial advocacy. He is the author of Blackstones The Golden Rules of Advocacy and Advocacy in Court.