The Art Of Cross-Examination: With The C

Excerpt from The Art of Cross-Examination: With the Cross-Examinations of Important Witnesses in Some Celebrated CasesI presume it is the experience of every author, after his first book is published upon an important subject, to be almost overwhelmed with a wealth of ideas and illustrations which could readily have been included in his book, and which to his own mind, at least, seem to make a second edition inevitable. Such certainly was the case with me; and when the first edition had reached its sixth impression in five months, I rejoiced to learn that it seemed to my publishers that the book had met with a sufficiently favorable reception to justify a second and considerably enlarged edition.The book has practically been rewritten, so impor tant are the additions, although the first few chapters have been left very much as they were.The chapter on the Cross-examination of Experts has been rearranged, many new examples added, and the discussion much extended.There is a new chapter on Cross-examination to the Fallacies of Testimony, which is intended to be a brief discussion of the philosophy of oral evidence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.