Lawyers' Poker

52 Lessons That Lawyers Can Learn from Card Players
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-19-536901-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

Great poker players are master tacticians. Not only do they calculate odds with lightning speed and astonishing precision, but they also cunningly anticipate and manipulate the actions of their adversaries. In short, they boast skills that every lawyer can envy. This highly entertaining work might best be summed up as "better lawyering through poker." Steven Lubet shows exactly how the tactics of the poker table can be adapted to litigation, negotiation, and virtually every aspect of law practice. In a series of engaging and informative lessons, Lubet describes concepts like "betting for value," "slow playing," and "reverse bluffing," and explains how they can be used by lawyers to win their cases. The best card players, like the best lawyers, have a knack for getting their adversaries to react exactly as they want, and that talent separates the winners from the losers. Lawyers' Poker is an irresistible guide to successful lawyering and an enjoyable read for anyone with an interest in law. No poker knowledge required.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lubet, Steven

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Diamonds

- Lesson 1: Saving Bets

- Lesson 2: Expected Value

- Lesson 3: Don't Gamble

- Lesson 4: Depend on the Rabbit's Foot if You Will, But Remember: It Didn't Work for the Rabbit

- Lesson 5: Opening Hands

- Lesson 6: Drawing Hands

- Lesson 7: Chasing is for Dogs

- Lesson 8: Yardley's Law (and Darrow's Exception)

- Lesson 9: Losing It

- Lesson 10: Desperate Times

- Lesson 11: Volatility

- Lesson 12: Sunk Costs

- Lesson 13: Stakes Matter

- Clubs

- Lesson 1: Fundamentalism

- Lesson 2: Know Why You are Betting

- Lesson 3: Slow Playing

- Lesson 4: Bluffing

- Lesson 5: Reverse Bluffing

- Lesson 6: Semi-Bluffing

- Lesson 7: Overplaying

- Lesson 8: Calling Bluffs

- Lesson 9: Loose Wiring

- Lesson 10: Folding Winners

- Lesson 11: Establishing Patterns

- Lesson 12: Implication and Story Telling

- Lesson 13: Patience

- Spades

- Lesson 1: Knowledge is Power

- Lesson 2: Taking Their Measure

- Lesson 3: Tells

- Lesson 4: Get What You Need

- Lesson 5: True Lies

- Lesson 6: That's Acting

- Lesson 7: Calling Bias

- Lesson 8: Paying Attention

- Lesson 9: Reading Value

- Lesson 10: Total Recall

- Lesson 11: The Unexpected

- Lesson 12: Local Rules

- Lesson 13: Showing Your Hand

- Hearts

- Lesson 1: Lying

- Lesson 2: Cheating

- Lesson 3: Scamming

- Lesson 4: Banking the Proceeds

- Lesson 5: The Right Stuff

- Lesson 6: Moral Hazards

- Lesson 7: Self Control

- Lesson 8: Beginner's Luck

- Lesson 9: You Gotta Have Heart

- Lesson 10: Cards Speak

- Lesson 11: Cross Examination Does Not Mean Angry

- Examination

- Lesson 12: Beautiful Loser

- Lesson 13: Poker Ain't Life

- Ranks of Hands

- Glossary

- Notes and Sources

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Steven Lubet is Professor of Law at Northwestern University and a nationally recognized expert on trials and trial strategy. He writes an award-winning column for American Lawyer Magazine. His humorous commentaries have been heard on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and his op-eds have run in Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and many other newspapers.