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Much of the following material is adapted from their book, crossexamination. This person plays devils advocate and looks for an opportunity to say no. Science and techniques argue that there are only three rules. The book has become the centerpiece treatise in a decadelong project to overhaul crossexamination.
Pozner and dodds signature techniques and methodologies, which have brought them acclaim as the nations leading experts on crossexamination, are illustrated with numerous new examples added specifically for the third edition. Pozner and dodds book contains techniques not found elsewhere. Sample the authoritative guidance from larry pozner and roger dodd in this excerpt from the masters of crossexamination dvd set. View a sample of the third edition using the readnow feature in cross examination. Dodd this is quite simply the greatest book on crossexamination that i have ever come across and worth every penny of the hundreds of pounds that it will cost you to buy.
Pozner and dodd s signature techniques and methodologies, which have brought them acclaim as the nation s leading experts on cross examination, are illustrated with numerous new examples added specifically for the third edition. Crossexamination skills for law students book, 2009. Five easy pieces new theories, new rules, new techniques. This use of crossexamination can be devastatingly effective, yet many attorneys fail to deploy it.
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