Advocacy its principles and practice / by R.K. Soonavala.

Bombay : N. M. Tripathi, 1960.

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Trial practice.

Lawyers -- India.

1. Success at the bar

2. How to acquire a large clientele

3. Examination-in-chief

4. Cross-examination: its aim and object

5. Preparation of your brief

6. Golden rules for cross-examination

7. Further rules for cross-examination

8. Art of cross-examination

9. Cross-examination in murder cases: I. Murder by setting fire to a motor-car

10. Cross-examination in murder cases: II. Murder by poison

10A. Cross-examination in murder cases: III. Murder followed by mutilation and disarticulation of the victim's body

10B. cross-examination in murder cases: IV. Murder followed by throwing overboard the victim's body into the sea

11. Cross-examination of a man of letters

12.Cross-examination in libel cases

13. Rules of practice

14. The logic of cross-examination

15. How not to cross-examine

16. Use and abuse of cross-examination

17. Courteous cross-examination

18. Cross-examination in case of defence of insanity

19. Direct cross-examination

20. Indirect cross-examination

21. Cross-examination as to collateral matters and contradictions

22. Cross-examination as to discrepancies and details

23. Cross-examination as to material and immaterial discrepancies

24. Control of proceeding by court

25. Case-law on control of cross-examination

26. Cross-examination of an accomplice

27. Attitude of witness, counsel and judge

28. Cross-examination of a director of a company

29. Good and bad cross-examination

30. The language of cross-examination

31. Method of forcing and entrapping

32. Some "don'ts"

33. Demeanour of a lying witness

34. Objections as to admissibility of evidence

35. Leading questions in examination-in-chief and cross-examination

36. Technical objections

37. Cross-examination in case of breach of promise of marriage

38. Adultery and divorce

39. Certain forms of interrogation

40. Identification

41 Identification parade

42 Identification of things

43. Statements made to the police

44. Murder by gunshot

45. Cross-examination of eye-witnesses in murder by gunshot

46. Death by drowning

47. Matricide

48. Cross-examination of an accused by a co-accused

49. Right to trial by jury on capital charge

50. Sedition and treason

51. Technique of advocacy

51A. Delay by procedure

52. Suits for damages

53. Negotiable instruments

54. Poisoning cases

55. Defamation, libel and slander

56. Theft, robbery and dacoity

57. Insanity and hallucination

58. Witchcraft cases

59. Condition or warranty

60. Insurance cases

61. Fraudulent claims

62. Succession cases

63. Kinds of evidence

64. Hearsay evidence

65. Number of witnesses

66. Motive: preparation: conduct

67. Capacity to act as witnesses

68. Interested witnesses

69. Time and speed

70. Hostile witnesses

71. Examining opponent as a witness

72. Judicial cross-examination

73. Questions by jury or assessors

74. Selection of witnesses

75. Judicial partiality

76. Order of examination of witnesses

77. Ordering out of court

78. Right of cross-examination

79. Length of time in cross-examination

80. Child witness

81. Lawyer as a witness

82. Multiple examiners

83. Opinions of experts

84. Expert on age

85. Deaf and dumb witness

86. Exaggerating witness

87. The truthful witness

88. The partially truthful witness

89. The totally false witness

90. The stubborn witness

91. Witness deposing to a remote event

92. The callous witness

93. Witness with convictions

94. The police witnesses

95. Female witnesses

96. The finger-print and foot-print expert

97. Handwriting expert

98. Forgery cases

99. Bribery cases

100. Technical evidence

101. Certain classes of witnesses

102. Re-examination

103. Arguments

104. Success through arguments

104A. The dynamics of legal reasoning

104B. The music of words

104C. Eloquence at the bar

105. The art of persuasion

106. Convincing judges and juries

107. What facts to be put before judge or jury

108. Arguments in trials before magistrates

109. Arguments in sessions trials

110. Arguments in criminal appeals and revision

111. Opening statement of facts in civil cases

112. Opening statement of the defendant's case

113. Plaintiff's right of reply

114. Arguments in civil appeals, reference, review and revision

115. How to cite authorities

116. Hundred hints on advocacy: conclusion

appendix A: Some well-known cross-examinations and trials

Appendix B: Debate in court

Appendix C: Cross-examination of a woman witness

Appendix D: The role of the advocate

Appendix E: Basic principles of the law of evidence

Appendix F: Facts and the law

Appendix G: Legal and judicial ethics

Appendix H: Judicial style and forensic persuasion.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

xvi, 959 pages ; 26 cm