Nothing but the truth : : why trial lawyers don't, can't, and shouldn't have to tell the whole truth / / Steven Lubet.

Lubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent and persuasive narratives. Critics of th...

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Superior document:Critical America
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Year of Publication:2001
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Critical America.
Physical Description:1 online resource (231 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biff and me : stories that are truer than true
  • Edgardo Mortara : forbidden truths
  • John Brown : political truth and consequences
  • Wyatt Earp : truth and context
  • Liberty Valance : truth or justice
  • Atticus Finch : race, class, gender, and truth
  • Sheila McGough : the impossibility of the whole truth.