Famous Trials
Black Sox in the Courtroom by
A comprehensive, nonpartisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series is badly needed. This book does it. The narrative of events has been crafted from surviving fragments of the judicial record, contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the proceedings, museum archives and, occasionally, the literature of the Black Sox scandal.
Call Number: KF 224 .C49 L36 2013ISBN: 0786472685Publication Date: 2013
Lizzie Borden on Trial by
Most people could probably tell you that Lizzie Borden "took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks," but few could say that, when tried, Lizzie Borden was acquitted, and fewer still, why. In Joseph A. Conforti's engrossing retelling, the case of Lizzie Borden, sensational in itself, also opens a window on a time and place in American history and culture. Surprising for how much it reveals about a legend so ostensibly familiar, Conforti's account is also fascinating for what it tells us about the world that Lizzie Borden inhabited. As Conforti--himself a native of Fall River, the site of the infamous murders--introduces us to Lizzie and her father and step-mother, he shows us why who they were matters almost as much to the trial's outcome as the actual events of August 4, 1892. Lizzie, for instance, was an unmarried woman of some privilege, a prominent religious woman who fit the profile of what some characterized as a "Protestant nun." She was also part of a class of moneyed women emerging in the late 19th century who had the means but did not marry, choosing instead to pursue good works and at times careers in the helping professions. Many of her contemporaries, we learn, particularly those of her class, found it impossible to believe that a woman of her background could commit such a gruesome murder. As he relates the details, known and presumed, of the murder and the subsequent trial, Conforti also fills in that background. His vividly written account creates a complete picture of the Fall River of the time, as Yankee families like the Bordens, made wealthy by textile factories, began to feel the economic and cultural pressures of the teeming population of native and foreign-born who worked at the spindles and bobbins. Conforti situates Lizzie's austere household, uneasily balanced between the well-to-do and the poor, within this social and cultural milieu--laying the groundwork for the murder and the trial, as well as the outsize reaction that reverberates to our day. As Peter C. Hoffer remarks in his preface, there are many popular and fictional accounts of this still-controversial case, "but none so readable or so well-balanced as this."
Call Number: KF223.B6 C66 2015ISBN: 0700620710Publication Date: 2015-06-08
Local Story by
contents: Introduction: the Massie-Kahahawai case as a local story -- Local boys: Ahakuelo, Chang, Ida, Kahahawai, and Takai as the accused -- Haole wopman: Thalia Massie and the defense of white womanhood -- The killing of Joseph Kahahawai: native Hawaiians and the stories of resistance -- A closing and an opening: the Massie-Fortescue murder trial -- Story, memory, history -- Epilogue: haʻina ʻia mai.
Call Number: KF224.F685 R67 2014ISBN: 0824828259Publication Date: 2014-05-31
Famous Attorneys
On Trial: Lessons from a Lifetime in the Courtroom by
Contents: The common blunders of jury selection -- Opening -- Direct examination -- Cross-examination -- Summation -- Experts -- Judges -- Courage, or trying a case when the judge and jury hate you.
Call Number: KF8915 .M475 2001ISBN: 0970597045Publication Date: 2001-09-01
The Trial Lawyer by Call Number: KF8915 .B448 2003ISBN: 1590312325Publication Date: 2003-12-03Contents: The constants of persuasion -- Preparing to win -- Jury studies and graphics -- Voir diring for dollars -- Opening argument -- Killer cross -- Preparing and presenting witnesses -- It's never too late to win[em]or lose.
To Be a Trial Lawyer by Call Number: KF 8915 .B343 1994ISBN: 0471072567Publication Date: 1994-10-01F. Lee Bailey tells you what you need to know and what kind of qualities are essential to be a trial lawyer. It is detailed, yet efficient and written with brevity.
Belli for Your Malpractice Defense by
From the attorney known as "Mr. Malpractice" for his dramatic and successful prosecution of medical liability cases, this book represents a switch from adversary to advocate of physicians. Filled with anecdotes from Belli's career, the second edition has new chapters on the privacy of patient records, preventing incipient suits, and initial responses to litigation.
Call Number: KF8925.M3 B45 1989ISBN: 0874893801Publication Date: 1986-02-01
Famous Arguments & Case Studies
- Communication and Litigation by
Foreword / Peter E. Kane -- The press coverage of the Hinckley case : a case study of a crime news serial. A political scientist's reaction / W. Lance Bennett -- Storytelling in opening statements : the Chicago Anarchists' (Haymarket) trial. A trial lawyer's and trial practice professor's reaction / Thomas A. Mauet -- Narrative and direct examination : the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. A legal scholar's reaction / Kenneth S. Brown -- Reshaping the stories of the adversary : cross-examination in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. A communication scholar's reaction / Ruth McGaffey -- Participatory persuasion in closing arguments : the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. A trial lawyer's and trial practice professor's reaction / J. Alexander Tanford -- Advocate argumentation in the appellate process : the Sam Sheppard trial. A judge's reaction / David S. Nelson.
Courtroom drama : the trial of the Chicago Eight. A trial participant's reaction / William M. Kunstler.
Call Number: KF220 .S38 1988ISBN: 0809314568Publication Date: 1988-12-01
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury by
Until now, only the twelve jurors who sat in judgment were able to appreciate these virtuoso performances, where weeks of testimony were boiled down and presented with flair, wit, and high drama. For five years the authors researched every archive from those of the "L.A. Times" to the dusty stacks of the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and readers can now lose themselves in the summations of America's finest litigators.
Clarence Darrow saves Leopold and Loeb from the gallows in the Roaring Twenties. Gerry Spence takes on the nuclear power industry for the death of Karen Silkwood in a modern-day David and Goliath struggle. Vincent Bugliosi squares off against the madness of Charles Manson and his murderous "family" in the aftermath of their bloody spree. Clara Foltz, the first woman to practice law in California, argues passionately to an all-male jury, defending her place in the courtroom. Bobby DeLaughter brings the killer of civil-rights leader Medgar Evers to justice after thirty years and two mistrials. Aubrey Daniel brings Lt. William Calley, Jr., to justice for the My Lai massacre. William Kunstler challenges the establishment after the '68 Chicago riots in his defense of yippie leaders known as the Chicago Seven.
Each closing argument is put into context by the authors, who provide historical background, a brief biography of each attorney, and commentary, pointing out the trial tactics used to great effect by the lawyers, all in language that is jargon-free for the benefit of the lay reader.
Call Number: KF8924 .L54 1998ISBN: 0684836610Publication Date: 1998
