{"product_id":"the-trial-lawyers-art","title":"The Trial Lawyer's Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do lawyers sway jurors in the heat of a trial? Why do the best trial lawyers seem uncannily able to get the verdict they want? In answering these questions  folklorist Sam Schrager vindicates -- but with a twist -- the widespread belief that lawyers are actors who manipulate the truth. He shows that attorneys have no choice but to treat the jury trial  from beginning to end  as an artful as storytelling combat in which victory most often goes to the man or woman who has superior control of craft. Drawn from fieldwork in the Philadelphia courts and at the Smithsonian Institutions American Trial Lawyers program  The Trial Lawyers Art gives a remarkable  in-depth look at this craft of performance. It examines how lawyers exploit a cases dramatic potential  how they enact mythically potent themes  how they project personal authority  and how they use cultural identity -- their own and their opponents racial  gender  class  and local affiliations -- all to make themselves and their stories persuasive to a jury. Schrager depicts the performance styles of some of the nations most artful criminal and civil in Philadelphia  prosecutor Roger King  defender Robert Mozenter  and the legendary Cecil B. Moore; from around the country  such litigating stars as Roy Barrera  Penny Cooper  Jo Ann Harris  Tony Serra  and Michael Tigar. These lawyers reflect candidly on their courtroom calculations and share revealing \"war stories\" about their work. Integrating performance insights with evocative portrayals of unfolding trials  The Trial Lawyers Art offers a no-holds-barred analysis of the place of skill versus evidence in the American justice system. In doing so  itraises vital questions about the moral challenges that legal and other professions now face and sheds new light on the role of stories in American life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952728174645,"sku":"ByrdShop_1566396735","price":61.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781566396738.jpg?v=1770852937","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-trial-lawyers-art","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}