001480012 000__ 06285nam\a22008655i\4500 001480012 001__ 1480012 001480012 003__ DE-B1597 001480012 005__ 20231026035121.0 001480012 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480012 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480012 008__ 230918t20012001nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480012 020__ $$a9780814765029 001480012 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814765029.001.0001$$2doi 001480012 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)547867 001480012 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480012 0410_ $$aeng 001480012 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480012 050_4 $$aKF384.Z9$$bL83 2001 001480012 072_7 $$aLAW088000$$2bisacsh 001480012 08204 $$a347.73/75$$221 001480012 1001_ $$aLubet, Steven, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut. 001480012 24510 $$aNothing but the Truth :$$bWhy Trial Lawyers Don't, Can't, and Shouldn't Have to Tell the Whole Truth /$$cSteven Lubet. 001480012 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2001] 001480012 264_4 $$c©2001 001480012 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480012 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480012 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480012 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480012 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480012 4900_ $$aCritical America ; ;$$v68 001480012 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction: Storytelling Lawyers -- $$tChapter one. Biff and Me: Stories That Are Truer Than True -- $$tChapter two. Edgardo Mortara: Forbidden Truths -- $$tChapter three. John Brown: Political Truth and Consequences -- $$tChapter four. Wyatt Earp: Truth and Context -- $$tChapter five. Liberty Valance Truth or Justice -- $$tChapter six. Atticus Finch: Race, Class, Gender, and Truth -- $$tChapter seven. Sheila McGough The Impossibility of the Whole Truth -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Author 001480012 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480012 520__ $$aLubet's Nothing But The Truth presents a novel and engaging analysis of the role of storytelling in trial advocacy. The best lawyers are storytellers, he explains, who take the raw and disjointed observations of witnesses and transform them into coherent and persuasive narratives. Critics of the adversary system, of course, have little patience for storytelling, regarding trial lawyers as flimflam artists who use sly means and cunning rhetoric to befuddle witnesses and bamboozle juries. Why not simply allow the witnesses to speak their minds, without the distorting influence of lawyers' stratagems and feints? But Lubet demonstrates that the craft of lawyer storytelling is a legitimate technique for determining the truth andnot at all coincidentallyfor providing the best defense for the attorney's client. Storytelling accomplishes three important purposes at trial. It helps to establish a "theory of the case," which is a plausible and reasonable explanation of the underlying events, presented in the light most favorable to the attorney's client. Storytelling also develops the "trial theme," which is the lawyer's way of adding moral force to the desired outcome. Most importantly, storytelling provides a coherent "story frame," which organizes all of the events, transactions, and other surrounding facts into an easily understandable narrative context. As with all powerful tools, storytelling may be misused to ill purposes. Therefore, as Lubet explains, lawyers do not have carte blanche to tell whatever stories they choose. It is a creative process to be sure, but every story must ultimately be based on "nothing but the truth." There is no room for lying. On the other hand, it is obvious that trial lawyers never tell "the whole truth," since life and experience are boundless and therefore not fully describable. No lawyer or court of law can ever get at the whole truth, but the attorney who effectively employs the techniques of storytelling will do the best job of sorting out competing claims and facts, thereby helping the court arrive at a decision that serves the goals of accuracy and justice. To illustrate the various challenges, benefits, and complexities of storytelling, Lubet elaborates the stories of six different trials. Some of the cases are real, including John Brown and Wyatt Earp, while some are fictional, including Atticus Finch and Liberty Valance. In each chapter, the emphasis is on the narrative itself, emphasizing the trial's rich context of facts and personalities. The overall conclusion, as Lubet puts it, is that "purposive storytelling provides a necessary dimension to our adversary system of justice." 001480012 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480012 546__ $$aIn English. 001480012 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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