The Strategy for Winning in Court

Author: (American) Wright, translated by Wei Yanning and others
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The existence and development of the legal profession are closely tied to the realization of justice. Indeed, justice will ultimately be achieved, but its realization requires strategy. As the ancients said, "To win a battle in the tent, one must decide the outcome a thousand miles away." In a sense, the reasonable and effective use of litigation strategies to achieve justice in the fastest way, with the least cost, and within the greatest scope is precisely the value of the legal profession. And how to use litigation strategies reasonably and effectively is a topic that lawyers should seriously explore.
After more than 20 years of development, China's legal profession has achieved some remarkable results and has produced a number of outstanding lawyers. Relying on their profound legal knowledge and exquisite litigation skills, they engage in fierce battles before the trial and win decisively in the courtroom, accumulating rich experience. However, most of this experience is fragmented and one-sided, failing to form a systematic strategy or to be widely disseminated among lawyers in a systematic way—this cannot be said to be a pity. Fortunately, "a stone from a distant mountain can polish jade," and in the book Winning Strategies in Court, Edward T. Wright systematically summarizes the experience of himself and many other outstanding lawyers in the United States, summarizing a set of complete and practical litigation strategies.
Although these strategies were developed within the context of the U.S. litigation system, just as the Art of War from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods remains highly relevant in modern warfare, strategies have always been "different in form but the same in function" across different eras, countries, and systems, and litigation strategies are no exception. In fact, as translators, we have already benefited greatly from the translation process, and we certainly hope and believe that readers will gain even greater benefits from it.