| P RAMANATHA AIYER / N S RANGANATHA AIYER |
CROSS-EXAMINATION PRINCIPLES & PRECEDENTS
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| 3rd Edition Reprint 2007 |
| (Methods and illustrations in Cross Examination in general and their application to typical classes of witnesses in particular) |
1 Volume
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n submitting to the Profession and the public this second edition of the "Advocacy Series" it may not be out of place to mention a fewwords of explanation. It is now over two decades since the first edition of this work was published. The authors have hitherto resisted the temptation to re-publish it as they felt that there was not much of new material on the subject that they could give in a second edition. But a new edition of the Bible need not contain material any more than what Bible is. The institution of advocacy and the art of cross-examination is as old as human civilization is and if any new material is added it is only the old art shown in a different light. |
| The first edition of the work was published in seven volumes. The present edition is completely revised and has been condensed in several respects without losing any of its original utility and substance. The first three volumes of the original edition which then appeared under the titles of 'Methods of cross-examination', 'Cross-examination as to particular classes of witnesses' and 'Cross-examination as to matters testified' in "Illustrations in cross-examination" is now condensed in one handly volume under the title "Cross-examination-Principles and Precedents". The second volume of the present edition "Advocate-His Mind and Art" will cover volumes IV, V and VI of the previous edition*.
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The third volume "Legal Ethics-Duties and Privileges of a lawyer" will also include chapters on Legal Practitioners, Contempt of Court, Pre-trial, etc. The present edition of three volumes will thus cover the entire field of the activities of a lawyer in his profession and in his relationship with his client, the public and the court.
In the preparation of the present edition of this work the authors have used among other books on the subject the very interesting magazines, Case and Comment, The Reader's Digest and the World Digest. All the standard works dealing with the subject had been already consulted in the preparation of the previous edition. The authors can venture to state that they have exhausted all the available literature on the subject and the book contains the essence of every useful fore-runner in the field.
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As the distinguished lawyer and politician, Shri T.R. Venkatarama Sashtri, who wrote the Foreword to the first edition has stated, there is little or no literature dealing with the methods in cross-examination adopted by great Indian Advocates. Some of the famous anecdotes relating to eminent advocates of our courts are only illustrative of their individual calibre and power of personality rather than an exposition of their methods. Moreover, the rather too sharp a division between the 'Trial Lawyer' and the "Appellate Side Lawyer" in our country is responsible for many eminent exponents of the art being thrown in the background. The scope for the play of resourceful intelligence and methods in trial of cases have also been to a great extent curtailed by the rigid formalities of the law of evidence and procedure.
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The authors owe a great debt of gratitude to the Honourable Chief Justice, High Court of Judicature, Madras, who has been so kind as to go through this book and give his valuable opinion. Their words fail to convey our heart's feelings for the excellent foreword he has so readily given. His Lordship combines in himself the great qualities of a Jurist, Lawyer, Scholar, Writer and Critic. So, they feel doubly confident that with His Lordship's blessings they will judiciously embark upon this venture with redoubled vigour and renewed enuthsiasm.
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