The problem of proof : especially as exemplified in disputed document trials : a discussion of the proof of the facts in courts of law, with some general comments on the conduct of trials / by Albert S. Osborn ; introd. by John Henry Wigmore
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TextPublication details: Delhi : Law and justice publishing co., 2023Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxiii, 539 p.; 24 cmISBN: - 9788194776581
- 347.73 OSB
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Includes index.
Chapter 01. Preparation of Facts
Chapter 02. Sifting the Evidence
Chapter 03. The Atmosphere of a Trial
Chapter 04. Incidental Argument and the Lawyer's Words
Chapter 05. Advocacy
Chapter 06. Persuasion and Practical Psychology in Courts of Law
Chapter 07. "Off the Record" Influences and Verdicts Compromises and Settlements
Chapter 08. System, Method and Tendencies
Chapter 09. The Aid of the Specialist
Chapter 10. The Specialist of a Witness
Chapter 11. Co-operation of Attorney and Expert Witness
Chapter 12. Uninformed "Expert" Witness also Perjurers and Charlatans
Chapter 13. Memory and the Proof of the Facts
Chapter 14. Circumstantial and Fact Evidence in Disputed Document Cases
Chapter 15. The Designing and Lighting of Court Rooms
Chapter 16. The New and the old Precedents
Chapter 17. The Final Arguments in Disputed Document Cases
Chapter 18. The Judge in Disputed Document Trails
Chapter 19. A Case Book on Thought and Reasoning
Chapter 20. The Disputed Document Problems
Chapter 21. Obtaining Standards of Comparison
Chapter 22. Photographs in Disputed Document Cases
Chapter 23. Cross-examination from the Standpoint of the Witness
Chapter 24. Cross-examination from the Standpoint of the Lawyer
Chapter 25. Disputed Typewriting Problems
Chapter 26. Anonymous Letters and the Law
Chapter 27. Handwriting Testimony by Lay Witnesses
Chapter 28. Errors in the Identification of Handwriting
Chapter 29. Form Blindness, or Defects of Sight in Relation to the Problem of Proof
Bibliography
Index
This volume is a worthy successor of "Questioned Documents". There is wisdom on every page. It is far more than a book of advice of Document Trials; its ripe wisdom ranges over a wide scope of the practitioner's field. Its emphasis on the study of facts in preparation for trial is pervasive. It contains varied and valuable warnings for both counsel and witness. Chapter XV on Court Rooms, and Chapter XVIII on Judges, are samples of original and candid comments, which deserve the widest circulation. But Chapter V, on Advocacy, is my favorite. It is the climax of the book. The rest could not surpass that mark. I would like to have written that chapter myself, only I could not. It should be read aloud every year before every law class.
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