Reconstructing reality in the courtroom

Description:

The authors suggest that the American criminal trial is organized around storytelling. To document the validity of this theory, they make use of data from more than sixty trials covering a variety of offenses ranging from shoplifting to murder

subjects: Trial practice,  Criminal procedure,  Forensic oratory,  Criminal Evidence,  Evidence, Criminal,  Law, united states, history,  Criminal justice, administration of

Places: United States