The Art of Cross-Examination

"The issue of a cause rarely depends upon a speech and is but seldom even affected by it. But there is never a cause contested, the result of which is not mainly dependent upon the skill with which the advocate conducts his cross-examination." This is the conclusion arrived at by one of England's greatest advocates at the close of a long and eventful career at the Bar. It was written some fifty years ago and at a time when oratory in public trials was at its height. It is even more true at the present time, when what was once commonly reputed a "great speech" is seldom heard in our courts, -because the modern methods of practising our profession have had a tendency to discourage court oratory and the development of orators

Author: Francis L. Wellman
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/20/2015
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781515157564
ISBN10: 1515157563
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics

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