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Loading... The Art of Cross-Examinationby Francis L. Wellman
   No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) DocHobbs | Jul 30, 2020 |  I'm not a legal professional, but I found it an easy and interesting read from a layman's perspective. I can't comment on how accurate or useful it is for a modern barrister though. It mainly consists of "war stories" from the author's career as a barrister, which are used as examples of what and what not to do when conducting a cross-examination. ( ) Pondlife | Jul 9, 2014 | Because cross-examination is, as the book's title states, an "art", for which laying down scientific laws is impossible, the best way to study it is through examples, of which one here finds a treasure trove. Some are masterpieces, such as Edward Carson's devastating questioning of the candy magnate George Cadbury in the Evening Standard libel case (1908). Others highlight common mistakes. While trials have changed over the past 70 years, the differences are not great enough to obsolesce the vicarious experience gathered here. This is not, however, merely instruction for the legal profession. The author has chosen his examples for their entertainment value as well as their technical interest. Laymen will enjoy reading them - and may learn something, too. The court room is hardly the only venue for hard questions. (  )2  TomVeal | Sep 26, 2009 | p. 53, Concerning theoretical questions: "...it is not usually not the truth of the answer, but the truth and accuracy of the question which requires their [the jury's] consideration"  ddonahue | Nov 17, 2019 | Farella | Mar 29, 2011 | no reviews | add a review
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I presume it is the experience of every author, after his first book is published upon an important subject, to be almost overwhelmed with a wealth of ideas and illustrations which could readily have been included in his book, and which to his own mind, at least, seem to make a second edition inevitable. Such certainly was the case with me; and when the first edition had reached its sixth impression in five months, I rejoiced to learn that it seemed to my publishers that the book had met with a sufficiently favorable reception to justify a second and considerably enlarged edition. The book has practically been rewritten, so important are the additions, although the first few chapters have been left very much as they were... No library descriptions found. |
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