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Stealing Sunshine, Ronen Perry, Dana Weimann-Saks Apr 2011

Stealing Sunshine, Ronen Perry, Dana Weimann-Saks

Law and Contemporary Problems

This study is the first to examine the efficacy of this tactic, both theoretically and empirically, contributing to the growing literature on the impact of various trial-advocacy techniques on decision-makers' perceptions and trial outcomes. Given the primacy of the work, the authors draw on existing literature on a related courtroom technique commonly known as "stealing thunder," which is -- in a sense -- the mirror image of the tactic under scrutiny.


“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald Jan 1998

“For The United States”: Government Lawyers In Court, Patricia M. Wald

Law and Contemporary Problems

Wald provides a largely impressionistic view of governmental layering in court.


In The Valley Of The Blind: A Primer On Jury Selection In A Criminal Case, Herald P. Fahringer Oct 1980

In The Valley Of The Blind: A Primer On Jury Selection In A Criminal Case, Herald P. Fahringer

Law and Contemporary Problems

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