Briefing and Arguing Federal Appeals - Hardcover

Wiener, Frederick Bernays

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1584771836 ISBN 13: 9781584771838

Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 2009

Synopsis

Originally published: Washington, D.C.: BNA Incorporated, 1961. xvi, 506 pp. With a new introduction by Bryan A. Garner, President, LawProse, Inc.
In addition to its discussion of appellate advocacy and a description of procedure in the federal appellate courts (Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, and specialized federal courts), this book provides valuable guidelines for writing briefs and appeals and the preparing oral arguments. Among other topics, it will teach you ways to think before you write, state facts and phrase issues persuasively, use argumentative headings, employ clear, forceful English, handle questions in oral argument, use maps and charts effectively and prevent forensic halitosis. AALS Law Books Recommended for Libraries List 26, Legal Profession, page 20, "A" Rated.

About this title

About the Author

Frederick Bernys Wiener [1906-1996], or Fritz as he was known to his friends, was educated at Brown University and Harvard Law School, where he was a note editor on Harvard Law Review. In addition to several years in private practice, Wiener held positions in the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Judge Advocate General s Corps (as an officer during the Second World War) and the Solicitor General s Office, where he successfully argued the landmark Supreme Court case Reid v. Covert. Also a scholar of vast learning and high reputation, he wrote copiously on courts-martial, martial law and legal history.

Review

"To get into court and to maintain your right to be there is the object of all pleading and is as important in an appellate court as in a trial court (...) This book is a guide to handling of cases on appeal in the Federal courts by one who is eminently qualified to instruct and direct in this field." -- --from the foreword by Sherman Minton, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

"Anyone familiar with Mr. Wiener s reputation as an appellate advocate and with his earlier works would expect his new book to be either required reading or strongly recommended in a course in Appellate Practice and Procedure. My own choice for next spring s seminar at this law school is to require it. This is not to say, however, that the book is directed solely to the student in law school. There are probably few practicing attorneys who would not benefit substantially from the author s ability, drawing on his vast personal experience, to expound the art of appellate advocacy in a fascinating and instructive way." -- --Monroe H. Freedman, The George Washington Law Review 30 (1961-62) 148.

"Anyone familiar with Mr. Wiener s reputation as an appellate advocate and with his earlier works would expect his new book to be either required reading or strongly recommended in a course in Appellate Practice and Procedure. My own choice for next spring s seminar at this law school is to require it. This is not to say, however, that the book is directed solely to the student in law school. There are probably few practicing attorneys who would not benefit substantially from the author s ability, drawing on his vast personal experience, to expound the art of appellate advocacy in a fascinating and instructive way." -- --Monroe H. Freedman, The George Washington Law Review 30 (1961-62) 148.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1584771836
• ISBN 13: 9781584771838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 530