Speaking in Court: Developments in Court Advocacy from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-First Century

by Andrew Watson

This book maps the changes in court advocacy in England and Wales over the last three centuries. Advocacy, the means by which a barrister puts their client's case to the court and jury, has grown piecemeal and at an uneven pace; the result of a complex interplay of many influences. Andrew Watson examines the numerous principal factors, from the effect on juniors of successful styles deployed by senior advocates, changes in court procedure, reforms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030103943
• ISBN13: 9783030103941
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"