Ten Great American Trials Lessons in Advocacy [Paperback]

Ten Great American Trials provides chapter length accounts of some of the most highlypublicized???and fascinating???court cases of the twentieth century.Ten Great American Trials provides chapter-length accounts of some of the most highly publicized???and fascinating???court cases of the twentieth century. Embedded in each of our narratives is an analysis of the use by prosecutors and defense attorneys of trial advocacy techniques (involving discovery, pre-trial motions, jury selection, direct testimony, cross-examination, the introduction of forensic exhibits, and summations) to craft compelling stories about what happened. We also assess the impact of cultural, social, and political values on the proceedings and the outcomes. We selected the cases, several of which have been dubbed the crime of the century, because they are dramatic, suspenseful, emotional, intellectually powerful, and have become part of American culture.Glenn Altschuler received his PhD in American History from Cornell in 1976 and has been an administrator and teacher at the university since 1981.He has served as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions since 1991.While dean he has continued to do research and teaching. His year-long survey of Popular Culture in the United States, 1900???Present is one of the most popular courses at Cornell. Professor Altschuler has been an animating force in the American Studies Program and has been a strong advocate on campus for high-quality teaching and advising. In 1998, he became the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies. In 2006, he was named a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, Cornell's most prestigious award for undergraduate teaching.From 2009 to 2013, Professor Altschuler also served as vice president for university relations, with responsibilities for articulating and overseeing strategies related to communications, government relations, and land grant affairs.Faust F. Rossi is a national authority on evil“%