LEADER 04158nam 22007694a 450 001 9910454789603321 005 20210827024912.0 010 $a1-282-75393-2 010 $a9786612753930 010 $a1-4008-2337-4 010 $a1-4008-1115-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823376 035 $a(CKB)111056486499230 035 $a(EBL)581569 035 $a(OCoLC)700688474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000443272 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12184287 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000443272 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10455677 035 $a(PQKB)10877037 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000258276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218438 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000258276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10256082 035 $a(PQKB)10960261 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581569 035 $a(OCoLC)614589189 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36129 035 $a(DE-B1597)446198 035 $a(OCoLC)979741810 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823376 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581569 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10031886 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275393 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486499230 100 $a19981123d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA theory of the trial$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert P. Burns 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-08980-9 311 0 $a0-691-00727-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tI. The Received View of the Trial --$tII. The Trial's Linguistic Practices --$tIII. The Trial's Constitutive Rules --$tIV. An Interpretation from One Trial --$tV. The Trial's Most Basic Features and Some Observed Consequences --$tVI. Thinking What We Do --$tVII. The Two Sides of the Trial Event --$tVIII. The Truth of Verdicts --$tIndex 330 $aAnyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal trial, is really a performance. Verdicts seem determined as much by which lawyer can best connect with the hearts and minds of the jurors as by what the evidence might suggest. In this celebration of the American trial as a great cultural achievement, Robert Burns, a trial lawyer and a trained philosopher, explores how these legal proceedings bring about justice. The trial, he reminds us, is not confined to the impartial application of legal rules to factual findings. Burns depicts the trial as an institution employing its own language and styles of performance that elevate the understanding of decision-makers, bringing them in contact with moral sources beyond the limits of law. Burns explores the rich narrative structure of the trial, beginning with the lawyers' opening statements, which establish opposing moral frameworks in which to interpret the evidence. In the succession of witnesses, stories compete and are held in tension. At some point during the performance, a sense of the right thing to do arises among the jurors. How this happens is at the core of Burns's investigation, which draws on careful descriptions of what trial lawyers do, the rules governing their actions, interpretations of actual trial material, social science findings, and a broad philosophical and political appreciation of the trial as a unique vehicle of American self-government. 606 $aTrials$zUnited States 606 $aJudicial process$zUnited States 606 $aJustice, Administration of$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTrials 615 0$aJudicial process 615 0$aJustice, Administration of 676 $a347.73/7 700 $aBurns$b Robert P.$f1947-$0906410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454789603321 996 $aA theory of the trial$92453770 997 $aUNINA