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The Devil's Advocates.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-OCT-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Devil's Advocates.(Book review)

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Michael S. Lief H. Mitchell Caldwell Scribner www.simonsays.com 448 pp., $28

As trial attorneys, we often hear that oratorical skills no longer matter--that only CSI-style forensics and sophisticated PowerPoint presentations can sway juries. For those of us who bristle at the notion that passion and persuasion no longer matter, The Devil's Advocates, by Michael Lief and H. Mitchell Caldwell, is a welcome contribution to the literature of trial advocacy and legal history.

Each chapter tells the story of a lawyer who represented an unpopular defendant in an American criminal case. The cases...

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