Edited by Tom Gray, Martin Hinton and David Caruso
$177.00 | 2012 | Paperback | 978-0-9871718-3-2 | 610 pp
Any observer of advocacy in Court will be struck by the dissimilarity of advocates’ styles, mannerisms, eloquence and the manner or mode of persuasion. The power of persuasion is innate, idiosyncratic and unpredictable. There is a danger in attempting to teach a particular style of manner of delivery. This publication approaches advocacy in an entirely different way. The reader of the publication is at times entertained, and other times subjected to concentrated study. Some authors write in an elegant manner, others in a scholarly fashion. Pragmatic advice is the approach of yet others. Each author through their essay displays their own unique style of persuasion. The editors have eschewed any thought of attempting any degree of homogeneity. The authors have wanted the student, the reader and the critic to identify and respect these differences. They are the very essence of advocacy.
The essays should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. One of the purposes of this publication is to provide a text for the undergraduate, for the student undertaking professional legal training and for the young practitioner in early years of their work as advocates. The editors have the expectation that the work will have wider uses. It is expected that school students in their final years, engaging in legal studies, in mock trial and in mooting competitions will find the essays both inspirational and motivational.
From the ‘Foreword’ by Justice Tom Gray
