MacCarthy on impeachment : how to find and use these weapons of mass destruction / Terence F. MacCarthy, Sean P. MacCarthy, Honorable Terence F. MacCarthy.
2016
KF8950 .M33 2016 (Mapit)
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MacCarthy on impeachment : how to find and use these weapons of mass destruction / Terence F. MacCarthy, Sean P. MacCarthy, Honorable Terence F. MacCarthy.
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Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, [2016]
Description
xvi, 176 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Ways to impeach
Impeachment with inconsistent statements
Contradictions
Motivation
Truthfulness
Convictions
What the witness could have done but did not do
Capacity
FRE 404(b)
Habit
Writing to refresh memory
An opposing party's statement
Hearsay declarant
Impeachment of a character witness
Sex offense or sexual assault cases
Expert's resume
Learned treatises
MacCarthy's rules of trial advocacy.
Impeachment with inconsistent statements
Contradictions
Motivation
Truthfulness
Convictions
What the witness could have done but did not do
Capacity
FRE 404(b)
Habit
Writing to refresh memory
An opposing party's statement
Hearsay declarant
Impeachment of a character witness
Sex offense or sexual assault cases
Expert's resume
Learned treatises
MacCarthy's rules of trial advocacy.
Summary
"Impeachment of witnesses is "an alien, mystifying, and obtuse area of the law," write the authors of MacCarthy on Impeachment. While there are many books on evidence and trial advocacy, there is very little written specifically on impeachment. For the trial lawyer and judge, it is one of the most confusing and misunderstood parts of the trial. Just as cross examination is the most difficult of trial skills, impeachment, usually a part of cross examination, is the most difficult of the difficult. Many, if not most, trial lawyers do not know what they can or cannot do to impeach. Most importantly, they do not know how to do what they can do. MacCarthy on Impeachment offers trial lawyers "weapons of mass destruction." This book reveals those "weapons" and offers instruction on how to use them." -Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF8950 .M33 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781634254205
1634254201
1634254201
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