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Scalia and Garner's Making Your Case:: The Art of Persuading Judges
D**D
What a pleasure!
What a pleasure this book was! Although it was written for an American readership, there is plenty here that an English lawyer will enjoy. (Although the US system uses "briefs" in a different sense from us, there's plenty in that section of the book that you can apply to skeleton arguments in our own courts.) If you've been in practice then you will already know that brevity is a virtue, that you don't read a prepared speech to a court and that the key to good advocacy is preparation. The authors will generally confirm your existing prejudices about effective advocacy and amuse you while they do it. If you haven't yet been in practice, then you really should take note of the points the authors make.Personally, I have never believed that legal argument is as straightforwardly syllogistic as the authors contend, but they can probably live with my disagreement.Bryan Garner is well-known as an authority on legal writing in the US and deserves to be read here too; Scalia is well-known as a Justice of the US Supreme Court - surprisingly (to me, at any rate) this "intellectual anchor of the Court's conservative wing" has a sense of humour too. I enjoyed the bickering with his co-author over the best way of making citations (pp. 133 to 135).
M**E
Very good book. Highly recommended
Very good book. Highly recommended
A**H
Brilliant!
Well written; it is clear, with useful and detailed advice on how to write and speak well. It teaches by example, and is entertaining to read. Definitely one of my favourite books, and I'm not even a law student! Thank you Scalia and Garner!
D**B
Great book. Good insight with well structured arguments
Great book. Good insight with well structured arguments. A little American but the learning does translate. The chapter headings are fantastic.,
A**R
Five Stars
Interesting book that is easy to read.
P**E
Brief Notes
Clarity. That in summary is the key to persuading a Judge. In this book the authors go through 115 sections in bite-sized chucks to allow the student to distil his/her message into a cognitive whole for the judge, both in speech and text. Some tips are simple - wear appropriate dress, so can have immediate effect. Other tips not so - gain a command of the English language, is a lifetime's work. Added to the clear and concise style, there are interspaced moments of humour that encapsulates the point in question.Overall, this is highly recommended.
A**A
A necessary addition to your library
Book came in great quality. Absolutely love it. You can almost hear former Justice Scalia speaking as you read.
F**F
Great service and Title
Timeless advice from seasoned and wise professionals.Excellent service from The Nile.
D**D
Décevant mais court
On pouvait craindre que le plus tonitruant membre - désormais doyen de la faction conservatiste (républicaine) - de la cour suprême des Etats-Unis, puisse avoir à nous en apprendre ; ce d'autant que la jaquette destine l'ouvrage même aux plus expérimentés avocats...Même la photo en quatrième de couverture des auteurs posant replets, dans des costumes tout neuf avec des cravates immaculées sans aucune auréoles de gras, pouvait le laisser suspecter à la manière des ouvrages gastronomiques pratiquant le genre...Qu'on se rassure, il n'en est absolument rien !Non seulement vous n'apprendrez aucune recette mais en plus vous perdrez votre temps.Que l'on comprenne que je me permets de "mettre un peu en boîte" car de son banc, Antonin Scalia - Nino voire Nini (pour le cénacle le plus intime) - ne se gêne jamais & n'épargne rien. Il a raison ; le métier le ne doit à personne.L'ouvrage présenté ici est donc une abomination qui n'a le mérite que d'être bref.Cet opuscule ne s'adresse qu'aux étudiants les moins éclairés par ce qu'il n'est truffé que d'évidences, lieux communs & autres balivernes.Le pire est qu'il n'est même pas drôle alors que Nino, sait être sarcastique à loisir ; ce qui est sa qualité la plus généralement reconnue et que j'aime.Mais avec l'âge & la routine, Scalia qui savait être appréciable jusqu'en 2005 (époque à laquelle il manqua la présidence de la cour faute de désignation par W Bush qui n'en voulut même pas...) est devenu aigri et commença à tourner en circuit fermé par une sorte de sclérose.Ce livre qui fut édité en 2008 illustre donc indéniablement un soucis de s'adresser aux autres ; ce qui n'a que très rarement été l'objectif de Scalia qui est l'inventeur d'un technique rigide de lecture de la constitution à la manière qu'il s'imagine lui-même de ce qu'elle était au XVIIIème. d"après une technique originale dont il est l'auteur décrié de façon de plus en plus copieuse.Dommage donc que ce géant produise si peu car il avait du matériel ; mais à décharge, je crains qu'il ne soit pas l'auteur du livre...
A**R
... designed for practice before the US Courts is equally good for courts everywhere else
This book though designed for practice before the US Courts is equally good for courts everywhere else .The book apart from being well researched is highly practical, addressing the mistakes we allmake.
A**I
A very good book
Though intellectually honest and very well written - for instance when talking about the lawyer-judge relationship - the book does nothing but reinforce the idea that in court a lawyer can do all the bells and whistles of his logic, rethoric, public speaking and other abilities, while the final word is and will always be spell by somebody who simply might not care... Nevertheless this is an invaluable book because helps lawyers to make less mistakes, and - maybe - judges think about their behaviour on the bench.
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