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“barbara hillmer”

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  • Storytelling for the Defense

    Defense Attorney's Courtroom Guide to Beating Plaintiffs At Their Own Game

    by Merrie Jo Pitera, Barbara Hillmer ...
    Storytelling is primal for humans—one of the few human traits that is truly universal across cultures and through all of known history. The goal of Storytelling for the Defense is to help defense attorneys understand and reclaim the fundamental value of storytelling in the context of persuading jurors and winning cases. Defense attorneys must realize that the power of the narrative is not the sole ... Read more

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  • The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind

    by Gustave le Bon ...
    THE ERA OF CROWDS. The evolution of the present age—The great changes in civilisation are the consequence of changes in National thought—Modern belief in the power of crowds—It transforms the traditional policy of the European states—How the rise of the popular classes comes about, and the manner in which they exercise their power—The necessary consequences of the power of the crowd—Crowds unable ... Read more

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  • A Trial by Jury

    by D. Graham Burnett ...
    When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is ... Read more

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  • The Secret Power of Juries

    What jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it

    by Gary Bauslaugh ...
    Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant's guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don't know is how far that right actually goes, and what the real power of juries is.Sometimes people -- even jurors -- wonder if a law or a judgment in a particular case is a just one. When the law seems wrong, we are told there is only one solution: change the law.In ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Jury Nullification

    The Evolution of a Doctrine

    by Clay S. Conrad ...
    The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant’s actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide ... Read more

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  • Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture

    by W. Lance Bennett ...
    Coauthored by W. Lance Bennett and Martha S. Feldman, 'Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom' explains what makes stories believable and how ordinary people connect complex legal arguments and evidence presented in trials to assess guilt and innocence. The explanation takes the core elements of narrative—the who, what, where, when, how, why—and shows how average people who hear hundreds of ... Read more

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  • Would You Convict?

    Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

    by Paul H Robinson ...
    An illuminating exercise that challenges the reader's beliefs about the justice systemA police trooper inspects a car during a routine traffic stop and finds a vast cache of weapons, complete with automatic rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and black ski masks-a veritable bank robber's kit. Should the men in the car be charged? If so, with what?A son neglects to care for his elderly ... Read more

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  • The American Jury System

    by Randolph N. Jonakait ...
    Series series Yale Contemporary Law Series
    How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Psychology of Jury Selection

    by Fred Crouter ...
    Each year juries decide thousands of cases. Although the majority of these cases are not settled by juries, predictions about juries frequently influence the decision whether or not to pursue a jury trial.As far in advance of the trial date as is practical the pre-trial investigation of prospective jurors is an absolute must in every case that can financially afford it.Pre-trial Investigation has ... Read more

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  • The Jury in America

    Triumph and Decline

    by Dennis Hale ...
    Series series American Political Thought
    The jury trial is one of the formative elements of American government, vitally important even when Americans were still colonial subjects of Great Britain. When the founding generation enshrined the jury in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, they were not inventing something new, but protecting something old: one of the traditional and essential rights of all free men. Judgment by an “impartial ... Read more

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  • John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence

    The Hidden Origins of Modern Law

    by Andrew Porwancher ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies in Constitutional Democracy
    Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal WritersAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Why Jury Duty Matters

    A Citizen's Guide to Constitutional Action

    by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson ...
    An argument for the constitutional responsibility to participate in jury dutyIt's easy to forget how important the jury really is to America. The right to be a juror is one of the fundamental rights guaranteed to all eligible citizens. The right to trial by jury helped spark the American Revolution, was quickly adopted at the Constitutional Convention, and is the only right that appears in both ... Read more

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