#Trial

2 books tagged with trial, sorted by rating.

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A Civil Action

by Jonathan Harr

5/5

Law & Legal History

The Art of Cross-Examination

by Francis L. Wellman

5/5

Law & Legal History

A Civil Action

by Jonathan Harr

5/5

The true story of the toxic waste case that pitted Massachusetts attorney Jan Schlichtmann against two of the country's largest corporations, W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods. A National Book Critics Circle Award winner and the basis for the 1998 film starring John Travolta.

Law & Legal History

The Art of Cross-Examination

by Francis L. Wellman

5/5

First published in 1903 and continuously in print ever since, Francis Wellman's classic is the foundational text on cross-examination in Anglo-American trial practice. Wellman, a former New York prosecutor, collected the great cross-examinations of his era and analyzed what made them work.

Law & Legal History