Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co.

Forensic aspects of driver inexperience and accident causation.

Walmsley, a traffic safety educator, collects data from the many instructional sessions he conducted from 1995 to 2010 on inexperienced drivers and their errors. He identifies 52 skill deficiencies of these drivers to determine why they are involved in many collisions in comparison to experienced drivers and outlines collisions of various types and the errors and skill deficiencies related to them, as well as their prevention. Explanations are very detailed and include diagrams. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

The persuasive edge, 2d ed.

Drawing from their experiences as trial consultants, the late Crawford (forensic communication and persuasion, U. of Northern Colorado and U. of Colorado) and Morris, who has degrees in applied behavioral science, sociology, and litigation science, demonstrate the art of persuasion in different phases of a trial to lawyers. They discuss fundamental principles of persuasion in non-trial settings, then the trial, from building a relationship with the jury to witnesses to communicating with the judge. They end with a chapter on how and when to use trial consultants, their services, and questions to ask. This edition has new methods and ways to ask voir dire questions and improved approaches to other phases of the trial. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Utah DUI defense; the law and practice. (CD-ROM included)

A complex law with serious penalties, DUI has become a specialized area of criminal defense. Utah DUI laws and methods of detection are some of the most sophisticated in the United States. In this book, Glen Neeley, James Nesci, and Jason Schatz construct a clearly-written guide to creating an expert defense to a Utah DUI charge. The book gives tips on advertising and client relations, tips about how certain aspects of the law work in real-life court situations, and a step-by-step guide to effectively preparing and arguing your client's defense. Appendices include applicable rules of conduct, procedure and evidence, as well as two essays by Mimi Coffey, Esq. on problems in DUI testing and defense. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)