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Author: Judge Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.
Published By: South Carolina Bar Association
Publication Date: Third Edition, 2008
Page Count: 375
Trim Size: 7 x 10-inch format
Published By: South Carolina Bar Association
Publication Date: Third Edition, 2008
Page Count: 375
Trim Size: 7 x 10-inch format
Format: Soft-cover book
Winner of the 1999 Association for Continuing Legal Education “ACLEA’s Best” Award, The Lost Art: An Advocate’s Guide to Effective Closing Argument is a comprehensive survey of both the art and the law of closing argument. Part One is a trial-advocacy composition with practical pointers on preparing and delivering an effective summation. Part Two is a compendium of the law of closing argument – the cases that define the boundaries beyond which a lawyer may not venture. Part Three is a collection of over 250 closing argument segments dealing with frequently recurring issues in civil and criminal cases such as credibility, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence, and damages. The new revised and expanded Third Edition of this book contains an additional forty pages of arguments and new text.
Unlike many collections of closing arguments, this volume reprints only the most usable portions of each. While the collection includes excerpts from historically significant cases (from John Quincy Adams’ defense of the British soldiers for their actions in the Boston Massacre to the recent trial in the Oklahoma bombing case), its focus is on frequently recurring issues. It draws, therefore, primarily from typical cases that were argued uncommonly well.
These courtroom classics, along with the collection of quotations contained in the final chapter, can form the nucleus of an effective summation, allowing the busy litigator to draw on the talents of many fine lawyers in a matter of minutes. Any lawyer who has ever composed a closing argument will find Judge Anderson’s book to be a treasure trove of pithy, eloquent, and memorable summations that can be building blocks for a compelling jury argument.
South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean H. Toal, who wrote the foreword, describes the publication as “an eminently practical book . . . that will be a jewel of an addition to the library of any trial advocate.”
Summary of Contents
Part I – Practical Pointers on Composing and Delivering Closing Arguments
Part II – The Law of Summation: What Can a Lawyer Say?
Part III – Compendium of Notable Closing Arguments and Quotations
Part II – The Law of Summation: What Can a Lawyer Say?
Part III – Compendium of Notable Closing Arguments and Quotations
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