| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents |
| Summary |
Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal trial, is really a performance. Verdicts seem determined as much by which lawyer can best connect with the hearts and minds of the jurors as by what the evidence might suggest. In this celebration of the American trial as a great cultural achievement, Robert Burns, a trial lawyer and a trained philosopher, explores how these legal proceedings bring about justice. The trial, he reminds us, is not confined to the impartial application of legal rules t |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Trials -- United States
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Judicial process -- United States
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Justice, Administration of -- United States
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Judicial process.
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Justice, Administration of.
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Trials.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400823376 |
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1400823374 |
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9780691089805 |
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0691089809 |
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