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This is a featured Texas title Texas civil procedure : Trial and appellate practice
By Dorsaneo, William V. Carolina Academic Press. 2022-2023 edition. 2022.
This book introduces students to trial preparation, motion practice, jury selection, the trial process, preparation of the jury charge, jury argument, jury deliberations, verdict, instructed verdicts, judgments, and post-trial motions. The text also devotes a chapter to the special problems of non-jury trials. The authors have expanded their coverage of the difficult issue of finality of judgments, and included thorough treatment of original and appellate proceedings in the courts of appeal and in the Texas Supreme Court.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal jury charges
By Berry, Elizabeth. James Publishing. 2023.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Criminal defenses
By State Bar of Texas. State Bar of Texas. 2018.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—Criminal Defenses provides instructions on most defenses, including: Entrapment, Necessity, Self-defense for a variety of situations, Defense of property, Defense of others" - publisher's description
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. General, evidentiary & ancillary instructions
State Bar of Texas. 2018.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—General, Evidentiary & Ancillary Instructions provides instructions not specific to a particular crime but which can be used in a wide variety of cases." - publisher's description
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Intoxication, controlled substance & public order offenses
State Bar of Texas. 2019.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—Intoxication, Controlled Substance & Public Order Offenses includes original content on offenses such as: Driving while intoxicated, Death or injury intoxication offenses, Controlled substances offenses, Online solicitation of a minor, Tampering with a witness, Retaliation and obstruction, Perjury, Stalking, Gambling." - publisher's description
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Crimes against persons & property
State Bar of Texas. 2020.
"The purpose of this volume is to assist the bench and bar in preparing the court’s charge in jury cases. It provides general instructions for the guilt/innocence stage of the trial concerning crimes against persons and property. The jury instructions are suggestions and guides to be used by a trial court if they are applicable and proper in a specific case." - introduction
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This is a featured Texas title Texas litigation guide
Latest received: Automatic updates. M. Bender. 1977-.
This comprehensive set explains the law and procedure in a given area and then provides drafting guides to prepare the forms. The set is divided into 10 different units: Pretrial Practice, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Pleadings in Business Entity Litigation, Pleadings in Commercial Litigation, Pleadings in Real Estate Litigation, Pleadings in Personal Injury Litigation, Family Code Litigation, Probate Code Litigation, and Administrative Proceedings. (Due to publisher restrictions, this title may only be checked out from home by government employees. Members of the public must visit the library in person to view this title electronically or in print.)
Note: This electronic copy can only be checked out from home by government employees, but librarians may be able to provide a short excerpt to library patrons upon request.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Family & probate
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
Detailed jury instructions in family-related cases, including sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. Also includes jury instructions before Voir Dire, after jury selection, after the verdict, and instructions to a deadlocked jury.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10032301
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Business, consumer, insurance, and employment
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This resource covers business, consumer, insurance, and employment cases. Designed for the practitioner, it provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges in business, consumer, insurance and employment cases. A chapter on defamation and business disparagement is also included.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. General negligence, intentional personal torts, and workers' compensation
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This title covers general negligence and intentional personal torts cases. Designed for the practitioner, it provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges and includes sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. The work also includes admonitory instructions such as before voir dire, after jury selection, and after verdict.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10042174
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Malpractice, premises, products
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This title covers professional malpractice, premises, and products cases. Designed for the practitioner, this work provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges and includes sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. This edition contains revisions to definitions of manufacturing defect and causation brought about by the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Oil & gas
The Committe on Pattern Jury Charges of the State Bar of Texas. 2022.
"The purpose of this volume, like those of the others in this series, is to assist the bench and bar in preparing the court’s charge in jury cases. It provides definitions, instructions, and questions needed to submit jury charges in the following cases: adverse possession; improper use of real property; issues between the lessor and lessee; executive rights; and contracts between working interest owners. It also contains questions and comments pertaining to defenses to the above actions and sections on damages and preservation of charge error." - introduction
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By Eades, Ronald W. LexisNexis. Sixth edition. c2004.
This volume provides current instructions on the most recent medical issues. It covers more than 200 medical issues including standards of care, childbirth, patient consent, pre-existing conditions, and allergies. Legal concepts and issues are presented in sample instructions using understandable terms.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/1000166
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By Eades, Ronald W. LexisNexis. Fourth edition. 2006.
This updated volume explains the products liability issues likely to arise in a trial in everyday language for the layperson. Each instruction has actually been used successfully in court and cites supporting case law, including relevant law review articles and annotations to American Law Reports. Some concepts discussed include duty to warn, strict products liability, unavoidably unsafe products, warranty liability and misrepresentation, design defect liability, risk-utility doctrines, and assumption of risk.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/1000167
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By Hill, Brian A. American Bar Association. 5;2022-03. 2022.
These models accurately and impartially present the elements and critical definitions of business torts law in language that is understandable and familiar to the average juror. Chapter introductions give overviews of the current state of the law, including the major recent cases in most jurisdictions, with discussions of the practical issues you might have to consider. Individual instructions are followed by commentary that includes discussion of the cases from which the instruction was derived, as well as how and when to adapt the instruction to particular cases, to the laws of particular states, to the requirements of particular jurisdictions, or in the light of inconsistent authority. Besides making it easy to present first-rate instructions, the models and supporting citations give you an excellent starting place from which to investigate the nuances of a particular jurisdiction. This book gives you the framework for preparing and trying your case, from analyzing the fact situatio…
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By Gentilcore, Edward B. American Bar Association. 1;2016-2. 2016.
Updating the original book published in 2001, this edition supplies modifications to charges where the law has changed, and provides additional caselaw support where courts have issued new opinions and states that have now taken an opinion. As with the original edition, the instructions in this book have been prepared to allow construction litigators to present proposed instructions to the judiciary that either track verbatim these model instructions or are based upon the instructions. These models accurately and impartially present the elements and critical definitions of construction law in language that is understandable and familiar to the average juror. The instructions allow for easy adaptation to particular cases or points. The instructions cover: contract formation, contractor's obligations prior to bidding, bidding, implied terms of contract, changes and extra work, breach of contract, other types of claims, architect and professional liability, defenses, and damages general s…
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/2592797
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By Schaefer, Tina. American Bar Association. 1;2017-09. 2017.
?Editors Tina Schaefer, Laura Whitmore, and Jana Wozniak collaborated with more than a dozen authors on this collection of proposed model jury instructions and verdict form interrogatories. These instructions and interrogatories use clear, straightforward language, and can be easily tailored to fit the particular facts and circumstances of most product liability cases. As an additional resource to the practitioner, each chapter contains a chart of state model instructions with pinpoint references to the state model instructions pertaining to the topic of each chapter. Topics are divided into chapters covering: General/introductory instructions Strict product liability Negligence Causation Warranty liability and misrepresentations Defense issues Special instructions Damages Verdict form
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/3596033
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By Staff, Publishers Editorial. American Bar Association. 2016;2017-01. 2017.
The new 2016 Edition of Model Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases differs from other civil jury instruction handbooks in that it seeks to present ideas that reflect the law as established by the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, and it includes explanatory notes and references to the supporting case law. This revised 2016 edition includes instructions for all theories of recovery, defenses, and other matters that have particular application to civil antitrust litigation that would be resolved by a jury, including causes of action under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act; Section 3 of the Clayton Act; the Robinson-Patman Act; as well as issues commonly raised in patent antitrust cases. The majority of the instructions contain notes providing relevant underlying authority. In addition, these instructions indicate differences in the law that are related to the circuit in which the case is being tried. There are seven major sections and each includes separate causes of action…
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Latest received: Automatic updates. By Schwartz, Martin A. Wolters Kluwer. Second edition. [c2009?]-.
Volume 4 in the Section 1983 Litigation library provides examples and at-length commentary on jury charges for various cases brought under Section 1983. Sample jury instructions are presented along with circuit-by-circuit annotations for the purposes of streamlining research. A quick reference guide to applicable passages from Section 1983 Litigation volumes 1 and 2 is also supplied. Charges include author commentary, jurisdictional and circumstantial variations, circuit-specific supporting citations, and cross-referential annotations to information located in the preceding volumes of the series.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas civil procedure : Trial and appellate practice
By Dorsaneo, William V. Carolina Academic Press. 2022-2023 edition. 2022.
This book introduces students to trial preparation, motion practice, jury selection, the trial process, preparation of the jury charge, jury argument, jury deliberations, verdict, instructed verdicts, judgments, and post-trial motions. The text also devotes a chapter to the special problems of non-jury trials. The authors have expanded their coverage of the difficult issue of finality of judgments, and included thorough treatment of original and appellate proceedings in the courts of appeal and in the Texas Supreme Court.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas litigation guide
Latest received: Automatic updates. M. Bender. 1977-.
This comprehensive set explains the law and procedure in a given area and then provides drafting guides to prepare the forms. The set is divided into 10 different units: Pretrial Practice, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Pleadings in Business Entity Litigation, Pleadings in Commercial Litigation, Pleadings in Real Estate Litigation, Pleadings in Personal Injury Litigation, Family Code Litigation, Probate Code Litigation, and Administrative Proceedings. (Due to publisher restrictions, this title may only be checked out from home by government employees. Members of the public must visit the library in person to view this title electronically or in print.)
Note: This electronic copy can only be checked out from home by government employees, but librarians may be able to provide a short excerpt to library patrons upon request.
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Latest received: Release 2, May 2023. By Koch, Carolyn S. James Pub. 2019-.
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By Goldberg, Steven H. West Academic Publishing. Third edition. 2016.
"The First Trial Nutshell is a fresh and unique approach to advocacy instruction. Concentrating on the overall approach to trying a case, it weaves persuasion and procedure to help lawyers and law students prepare for their first trials with confidence. Addressing everything from technology to where to sit and what to say it meshes the practical advice and “how to” instructions with sophisticated persuasive techniques. Small enough to be read in a single sitting, this book will serve as the perfect first primer and a continuing resource for experienced litigators to read again before trial mediation or arbitration." -publisher's description
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By Frederick, Jeffrey T. American Bar Association. 4;2018-03. 2018.
The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to: Operate effectively within the jury selection system in the trial jurisdiction Attain the major goals of voir dire (i.e., gathering info, rapport, education, and persuasion) Identify critical opinions, biases, and experiences of jurors that can influence their decisions Encourage jurors to reveal important information about themselves Utilize the information about their opinions and feelings that potential jurors communicate through their nonverbal behavior Develop and ask the questions on voir dire necessary to uncover desired information Employ methods for handling common situations and problems (e.g., relu…
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/3946963
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By Broome, Susan. James Publishing. 2019.
This book contains sample jury selection questions for 26 different types of civil and criminal cases covering more than 150 distinct topics, including: assault & battery, breach of contract, civil rights violations (1983), domestic violence, employment discrimination, fraud, homicide, medical malpractice, pain and suffering.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4930081
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By Broome, Susan. James Publishing. 2018.
This book contains sample jury selection questions for 26 different types of civil and criminal cases covering more than 150 distinct topics, including: assault & battery, breach of contract, civil rights violations (1983), domestic violence, employment discrimination, fraud, homicide, medical malpractice, pain and suffering.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4183556
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Latest received: Automatic updates. Little, Brown. 2009 edition. 2009-.
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By Ferguson, Andrew G. New York University Press. 2013.
Combining American history, constitutional law, and personal experience, this book engages citizens in the deeper meaning of jury service.
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State Bar of Texas, Professional Development. 2018.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas civil procedure : Trial and appellate practice
By Dorsaneo, William V. Carolina Academic Press. 2022-2023 edition. 2022.
This book introduces students to trial preparation, motion practice, jury selection, the trial process, preparation of the jury charge, jury argument, jury deliberations, verdict, instructed verdicts, judgments, and post-trial motions. The text also devotes a chapter to the special problems of non-jury trials. The authors have expanded their coverage of the difficult issue of finality of judgments, and included thorough treatment of original and appellate proceedings in the courts of appeal and in the Texas Supreme Court.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4506221
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal jury charges
By Berry, Elizabeth. James Publishing. 2023.
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Criminal defenses
By State Bar of Texas. State Bar of Texas. 2018.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—Criminal Defenses provides instructions on most defenses, including: Entrapment, Necessity, Self-defense for a variety of situations, Defense of property, Defense of others" - publisher's description
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/5359491
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. General, evidentiary & ancillary instructions
State Bar of Texas. 2018.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—General, Evidentiary & Ancillary Instructions provides instructions not specific to a particular crime but which can be used in a wide variety of cases." - publisher's description
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/5359658
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Intoxication, controlled substance & public order offenses
State Bar of Texas. 2019.
"Texas Criminal Pattern Jury Charges—Intoxication, Controlled Substance & Public Order Offenses includes original content on offenses such as: Driving while intoxicated, Death or injury intoxication offenses, Controlled substances offenses, Online solicitation of a minor, Tampering with a witness, Retaliation and obstruction, Perjury, Stalking, Gambling." - publisher's description
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This is a featured Texas title Texas criminal pattern jury charges. Crimes against persons & property
State Bar of Texas. 2020.
"The purpose of this volume is to assist the bench and bar in preparing the court’s charge in jury cases. It provides general instructions for the guilt/innocence stage of the trial concerning crimes against persons and property. The jury instructions are suggestions and guides to be used by a trial court if they are applicable and proper in a specific case." - introduction
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/6011212
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas litigation guide
Latest received: Automatic updates. M. Bender. 1977-.
This comprehensive set explains the law and procedure in a given area and then provides drafting guides to prepare the forms. The set is divided into 10 different units: Pretrial Practice, Trial Practice, Appellate Practice, Pleadings in Business Entity Litigation, Pleadings in Commercial Litigation, Pleadings in Real Estate Litigation, Pleadings in Personal Injury Litigation, Family Code Litigation, Probate Code Litigation, and Administrative Proceedings. (Due to publisher restrictions, this title may only be checked out from home by government employees. Members of the public must visit the library in person to view this title electronically or in print.)
Note: This electronic copy can only be checked out from home by government employees, but librarians may be able to provide a short excerpt to library patrons upon request.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/set/501615
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Family & probate
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
Detailed jury instructions in family-related cases, including sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. Also includes jury instructions before Voir Dire, after jury selection, after the verdict, and instructions to a deadlocked jury.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10032301
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Business, consumer, insurance, and employment
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This resource covers business, consumer, insurance, and employment cases. Designed for the practitioner, it provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges in business, consumer, insurance and employment cases. A chapter on defamation and business disparagement is also included.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10024389
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. General negligence, intentional personal torts, and workers' compensation
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This title covers general negligence and intentional personal torts cases. Designed for the practitioner, it provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges and includes sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. The work also includes admonitory instructions such as before voir dire, after jury selection, and after verdict.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10042174
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Malpractice, premises, products
State Bar of Texas. 2022.
This title covers professional malpractice, premises, and products cases. Designed for the practitioner, this work provides definitions, instructions and questions needed to submit jury charges and includes sources, analysis and commentary, tips on when to use, and suggestions on rewording. This edition contains revisions to definitions of manufacturing defect and causation brought about by the Texas Supreme Court’s opinion in Ford Motor Co. v. Ledesma.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10032145
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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This is a featured Texas title Texas pattern jury charges. Oil & gas
The Committe on Pattern Jury Charges of the State Bar of Texas. 2022.
"The purpose of this volume, like those of the others in this series, is to assist the bench and bar in preparing the court’s charge in jury cases. It provides definitions, instructions, and questions needed to submit jury charges in the following cases: adverse possession; improper use of real property; issues between the lessor and lessee; executive rights; and contracts between working interest owners. It also contains questions and comments pertaining to defenses to the above actions and sections on damages and preservation of charge error." - introduction
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/10032211
Read online Table of contents View details in library catalog
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State Bar of Texas, Professional Development. 2018.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4759140
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Latest received: Release 2, May 2023. By Koch, Carolyn S. James Pub. 2019-.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4531962
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By Eades, Ronald W. LexisNexis. Sixth edition. c2004.
This volume provides current instructions on the most recent medical issues. It covers more than 200 medical issues including standards of care, childbirth, patient consent, pre-existing conditions, and allergies. Legal concepts and issues are presented in sample instructions using understandable terms.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/1000166
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By Eades, Ronald W. LexisNexis. Fourth edition. 2006.
This updated volume explains the products liability issues likely to arise in a trial in everyday language for the layperson. Each instruction has actually been used successfully in court and cites supporting case law, including relevant law review articles and annotations to American Law Reports. Some concepts discussed include duty to warn, strict products liability, unavoidably unsafe products, warranty liability and misrepresentation, design defect liability, risk-utility doctrines, and assumption of risk.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/1000167
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By Frederick, Jeffrey T. American Bar Association. 4;2018-03. 2018.
The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to: Operate effectively within the jury selection system in the trial jurisdiction Attain the major goals of voir dire (i.e., gathering info, rapport, education, and persuasion) Identify critical opinions, biases, and experiences of jurors that can influence their decisions Encourage jurors to reveal important information about themselves Utilize the information about their opinions and feelings that potential jurors communicate through their nonverbal behavior Develop and ask the questions on voir dire necessary to uncover desired information Employ methods for handling common situations and problems (e.g., relu…
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/3946963
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By Hill, Brian A. American Bar Association. 5;2022-03. 2022.
These models accurately and impartially present the elements and critical definitions of business torts law in language that is understandable and familiar to the average juror. Chapter introductions give overviews of the current state of the law, including the major recent cases in most jurisdictions, with discussions of the practical issues you might have to consider. Individual instructions are followed by commentary that includes discussion of the cases from which the instruction was derived, as well as how and when to adapt the instruction to particular cases, to the laws of particular states, to the requirements of particular jurisdictions, or in the light of inconsistent authority. Besides making it easy to present first-rate instructions, the models and supporting citations give you an excellent starting place from which to investigate the nuances of a particular jurisdiction. This book gives you the framework for preparing and trying your case, from analyzing the fact situatio…
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/8877722
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By Gentilcore, Edward B. American Bar Association. 1;2016-2. 2016.
Updating the original book published in 2001, this edition supplies modifications to charges where the law has changed, and provides additional caselaw support where courts have issued new opinions and states that have now taken an opinion. As with the original edition, the instructions in this book have been prepared to allow construction litigators to present proposed instructions to the judiciary that either track verbatim these model instructions or are based upon the instructions. These models accurately and impartially present the elements and critical definitions of construction law in language that is understandable and familiar to the average juror. The instructions allow for easy adaptation to particular cases or points. The instructions cover: contract formation, contractor's obligations prior to bidding, bidding, implied terms of contract, changes and extra work, breach of contract, other types of claims, architect and professional liability, defenses, and damages general s…
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/2592797
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By Schaefer, Tina. American Bar Association. 1;2017-09. 2017.
?Editors Tina Schaefer, Laura Whitmore, and Jana Wozniak collaborated with more than a dozen authors on this collection of proposed model jury instructions and verdict form interrogatories. These instructions and interrogatories use clear, straightforward language, and can be easily tailored to fit the particular facts and circumstances of most product liability cases. As an additional resource to the practitioner, each chapter contains a chart of state model instructions with pinpoint references to the state model instructions pertaining to the topic of each chapter. Topics are divided into chapters covering: General/introductory instructions Strict product liability Negligence Causation Warranty liability and misrepresentations Defense issues Special instructions Damages Verdict form
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/3596033
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By Staff, Publishers Editorial. American Bar Association. 2016;2017-01. 2017.
The new 2016 Edition of Model Jury Instructions in Civil Antitrust Cases differs from other civil jury instruction handbooks in that it seeks to present ideas that reflect the law as established by the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, and it includes explanatory notes and references to the supporting case law. This revised 2016 edition includes instructions for all theories of recovery, defenses, and other matters that have particular application to civil antitrust litigation that would be resolved by a jury, including causes of action under Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act; Section 3 of the Clayton Act; the Robinson-Patman Act; as well as issues commonly raised in patent antitrust cases. The majority of the instructions contain notes providing relevant underlying authority. In addition, these instructions indicate differences in the law that are related to the circuit in which the case is being tried. There are seven major sections and each includes separate causes of action…
Read online: http://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/3130041
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By Broome, Susan. James Publishing. 2019.
This book contains sample jury selection questions for 26 different types of civil and criminal cases covering more than 150 distinct topics, including: assault & battery, breach of contract, civil rights violations (1983), domestic violence, employment discrimination, fraud, homicide, medical malpractice, pain and suffering.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4930081
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By Broome, Susan. James Publishing. 2018.
This book contains sample jury selection questions for 26 different types of civil and criminal cases covering more than 150 distinct topics, including: assault & battery, breach of contract, civil rights violations (1983), domestic violence, employment discrimination, fraud, homicide, medical malpractice, pain and suffering.
Read online: https://lexisdl.com/library/txsll/title/4183556
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Latest received: Automatic updates. Little, Brown. 2009 edition. 2009-.
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Latest received: Automatic updates. By Schwartz, Martin A. Wolters Kluwer. Second edition. [c2009?]-.
Volume 4 in the Section 1983 Litigation library provides examples and at-length commentary on jury charges for various cases brought under Section 1983. Sample jury instructions are presented along with circuit-by-circuit annotations for the purposes of streamlining research. A quick reference guide to applicable passages from Section 1983 Litigation volumes 1 and 2 is also supplied. Charges include author commentary, jurisdictional and circumstantial variations, circuit-specific supporting citations, and cross-referential annotations to information located in the preceding volumes of the series.
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By Goldberg, Steven H. West Academic Publishing. Third edition. 2016.
"The First Trial Nutshell is a fresh and unique approach to advocacy instruction. Concentrating on the overall approach to trying a case, it weaves persuasion and procedure to help lawyers and law students prepare for their first trials with confidence. Addressing everything from technology to where to sit and what to say it meshes the practical advice and “how to” instructions with sophisticated persuasive techniques. Small enough to be read in a single sitting, this book will serve as the perfect first primer and a continuing resource for experienced litigators to read again before trial mediation or arbitration." -publisher's description
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By Ferguson, Andrew G. New York University Press. 2013.
Combining American history, constitutional law, and personal experience, this book engages citizens in the deeper meaning of jury service.
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