Publisher's Synopsis
<p> A leading text in trial advocacy for its authority and effectiveness, <b> Materials in Trial Advocacy</b> uses actual cases and Trial Files to engage students in the whole process of litigation. Each chapter contains both civil and criminal problems presented at graduating levels of complexity. </p> <p> The <b>Seventh Edition</b> welcomes new co-author <b>Steve Easton</b>, an accomplished litigator and award-winning trial advocacy teacher. Several new Trial Files and problems have been added to the text, while the Trial Files from Chapter 9 have been located to a CD to reduce the size and weight of the book itself. </p> <p> <b>Hallmark features of Materials in Trial Advocacy:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>user-friendly organization</b> </li> </ul> <p left="70.0" style="margin-left:70.0;"> 1. problems organized in chronological order, from voir dire to final argument </p> <p left="70.0" style="margin-left:70.0;"> 2. self-contained problems of manageable size </p> <p left="70.0" style="margin-left:70.0;"> 3. complete trials raising common evidentiary and trial strategy issues </p> <ul> <li> <b>accessible and comprehensive coverage</b> </li> <li> <b>problems and trials that raise both simple and complex issues</b> </li> <li> <b>a detailed Teacher’s Manual</b> with suggestions for evaluating student performance in each problem and trial </li> </ul> <p> <b>Updated in every detail, the revised Seventh Edition presents:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>a new Trial File</b> containing allegations of <b>driving while intoxicated and reckless driving</b> </li> <li> <b>a second new Trial File</b> arising out of a shoving incident, with video of the actual incident ,which <b>can be tried in any of three ways</b> </li> </ul> <p left="60.0" style="margin-left:60.0;"> 1. as a criminal battery trial </p> <p left="60.0" style="margin-left:60.0;"> 2. as a civil damages case by one combatant against the other </p> <p left="60.0" style="margin-left:60.0;"> 3. as a civil rights suit against the police officer who pepper-sprayed one of the combatants </p> <ul> <li> two <b>contemporary new problems</b> regarding the authentication of documents that were allegedly produced by computers </li> </ul> <p> *Teacher's Manuals are a professional courtesy offered to professors only. For more information or to request a copy, please contact Aspen Publishers at 800-950-5259 or [email protected]. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
