- Paperback: 389 pages
- Publisher: Nolo.com; 3rd edition (Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0873376110
- ISBN-13: 978-0873376112
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 20.1 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,809,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best books on this subject!,
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This review is from: Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case (2nd ed) (Paperback)
I am a fourth year law student, and this book is better than any of the study books I have studied. I recommend this book not only for the Lay Person, but also for Law Students and New Attorneys. This book will take you step by step through the Court system and explain how to bring a case into court and how to present and win that case. The references are excellent also! Hank Krastman, Ph.D.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great summary, but no detail.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case (2nd ed) (Paperback)
This book offers a good summary of the legal process, but offers little or no detail, eg. the strategies of settlement. Focusing on Federal law, it has no state-specific information (although it does indicate where you can find it in some cases). If you're looking for an overview of the process, this is the book for you. But if you have any experience whatsoever, or you're looking to get information on settlement strategy, you're better off using a law library's practice guides and legal treatises.
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4.4 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews) 29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good, but necessarily limited, intro to the legal system,
By Scott FS - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case (Paperback)
Overall, I'd give this a positive rating, but since it's written for all 50 states, it is so broad in its coverage that it makes it difficult to learn about how to pursue your lawsuit in your particular state.I'd suggest reading this book and trying to fill out forms as you go. Pick up the 'local rules' from your own court, and study them for what Bergman doesn't tell you. One thing I will say, though, is that one bit of advice was invaluable...on visiting the court before your motion or case is heard. I did this, and it took a lot of the mystery out of the whole process. By doing this, by the way, I was completely surprised that (in the motion hearings) that most of what took place was pretty much on a par with small claims court, with a few legal latin phrases peppering the give-and-take. Most of the motions I heard consisted of two things: Why one or the other party failed to meet deadlines, and trying to get the other guy's case thrown out before everyone went to trial. One other thing that was also surprising...the opposing lawyers where pretty buddy-buddy with each other. I guess the hostility and animosity that one would associate with a lawsuit pretty much reside only in the parties to the suit themselves. In my appearance, I took it very cool and did not act emotional at all. Let's face it...the court doesn't want to hear it. They just want to get done so they can go to lunch. 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Represent Yourself in Court,
By Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case (Paperback)
This book gives an understandable rendition of the various legalprocedures involved in bringing a major lawsuit into the Court system. It is most helpful in assisting litigants with case organization and presentation. The work explains how to document a case throughout the various phases of a lawsuit with particular emphasis on presentation of exhibits for trial. The work is written in a belles lettres style. It could be read by anyone wanting to understand the litigation process, as well as law students taking courses in Civil Litigation. The book could be useful in organizing a case so that a lawyer could pick it up at a later time. Very often, the details of a claim may not be fully known until the deposition process has been completed. I would supplement this book with the purchase of a Civil Procedure book if the intention is to complete the entire process right through to trial. This work focuses on the documentation you will need to develop in order to prove a case at trial. The work has a good coverage of negotiation strategies. Ultimately, it is in your interest to deal with a lawyer during a formal negotiation in order to ascertain that you've secured a fair deal.It pays to become familiar with a local legal library as a supplement to this text. In addition, you should utilize the internet in order to review similar cases in the various Court jurisdictions relating to your case. Sometimes it pays to talk to a lawyer who has completed a similar case in order to gain perspective on the intricacies of the whole process. This text gives you a good start. It would be most helpful in organizing the type of case that only develops after the deposition process is complete. Early in the litigation, you should do some research in order to identify cases similar to yours that have been decided. The past precedent or stare decisis is very critical to presenting a claim because it encapsules your case into a similar fact pattern consistent with other cases that have been decided by the Courts.It is to your benefit to do legal research in identifying similar cases to your own either by going into the legal libraries yourself, researching the internet or paying a small fee for a legal research firm to identify similar cases as the one you are filing. 19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great summary, but no detail.,
By dorkparade@earthlink.net - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case (2nd ed) (Paperback)
This book offers a good summary of the legal process, but offers little or no detail, eg. the strategies of settlement. Focusing on Federal law, it has no state-specific information (although it does indicate where you can find it in some cases). If you're looking for an overview of the process, this is the book for you. But if you have any experience whatsoever, or you're looking to get information on settlement strategy, you're better off using a law library's practice guides and legal treatises.
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