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“Don’T Go Near The Water” (Coal Leasing On Public Lands), Harrison Loesch Jul 1980

“Don’T Go Near The Water” (Coal Leasing On Public Lands), Harrison Loesch

Federal Lands, Laws and Policies and the Development of Natural Resources: A Short Course (Summer Conference, July 28-August 1)

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Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1968

Order Of Presentation As A Factor In Jury Persuasion, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

The “law of primacy in persuasion” has been formulated as follows: The side of a controversial issue having the advantage of first position in the order of presentation is more effective in changing opinion than the side presented last, all other factors being equal. Recent experimentation has revealed that “primacy” is not “an indubitable factor in persuasion,” but occurs only under certain conditions. In this article, an effort has been made to evaluate the experimentation conducted in this area of communications research, and to determine if the conditions of the courtroom are such that order of presentation could be expected …