Background
Burns, Robert Patrick was born on March 23, 1947 in New York City. Son of Frances William and Helen (Moskol) Burns.
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Exercises and problems in professional responsibility
(Book by Burns, Robert P)
Book by Burns, Robert P
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556816448/?tag=2022091-20
Evidence in Context
(Evidence in Context is designed to create a fully context...)
Evidence in Context is designed to create a fully contextual understanding of the law of evidence. It contains two relatively detailed case files, quite similar to the material a trial lawyer may have as he or she approaches trial. The first file is a murder case where the issue is the identity of the killer and the defendant is the estranged husband of the victim. The second file is a civil action for defamation brought by a former employee against her very wealthy employer. The cases raise realistic and challenging issues in the law of evidence and allow for a critical assessment of that law. They are followed by over three hundred problems for class analysis and discussion. These problems address the full range of evidentiary issues.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422491668/?tag=2022091-20
A Theory of the Trial.
( Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile...)
Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal trial, is really a performance. Verdicts seem determined as much by which lawyer can best connect with the hearts and minds of the jurors as by what the evidence might suggest. In this celebration of the American trial as a great cultural achievement, Robert Burns, a trial lawyer and a trained philosopher, explores how these legal proceedings bring about justice. The trial, he reminds us, is not confined to the impartial application of legal rules to factual findings. Burns depicts the trial as an institution employing its own language and styles of performance that elevate the understanding of decision-makers, bringing them in contact with moral sources beyond the limits of law. Burns explores the rich narrative structure of the trial, beginning with the lawyers' opening statements, which establish opposing moral frameworks in which to interpret the evidence. In the succession of witnesses, stories compete and are held in tension. At some point during the performance, a sense of the right thing to do arises among the jurors. How this happens is at the core of Burns's investigation, which draws on careful descriptions of what trial lawyers do, the rules governing their actions, interpretations of actual trial material, social science findings, and a broad philosophical and political appreciation of the trial as a unique vehicle of American self-government.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691089809/?tag=2022091-20
NITA Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy 3e vol 2 Problems (vol 2)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556817398/?tag=2022091-20
Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy (Problems, Volume II)
(Book by Robert Burns, Steven Lubet, Richard Moberly)
Book by Robert Burns, Steven Lubet, Richard Moberly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1422491692/?tag=2022091-20
- Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy 2-Volume Set (In this newly updated two-volume set, Robert Burns, Steve...)
Robert Patrick Burns
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Robert Patrick Burns, American law educator. Bar: Illinois 1974, United States District Court (northern district) Illinois 1974, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1977, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1978. Kent fellow Danforth Foundation, 1974, National Science Foundation fellow, 1970. Board directors Evanston Democrats, Illinois, 1984. Member American Bar Association, Society for Values in Higher Education.
Education
AB, Fordham University, 1969; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1982.
Career
Litigation attorney, Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, 1974-1979; director attorney training, Legal Assistance Foundation, Chicago, 1979; general counsel, Illinois Legislation Commission, Springfield, 1979-1980; professor of law, Northwestern University, Chicago, since 1980. Teacher National Institute Trial Advocacy, South Bend, Indiana, since 1981.
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Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy 2-Volume Set
(In this newly updated two-volume set, Robert Burns, Steve...)
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A Theory of the Trial.
( Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile...)
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Evidence in Context
(Evidence in Context is designed to create a fully context...)
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Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy (Problems, Volume II)
(Book by Robert Burns, Steven Lubet, Richard Moberly)
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Exercises and problems in professional responsibility
(Book by Burns, Robert P)
- NITA Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy 3e vol 2 Problems (vol 2)
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Problems and Materials in Evidence and Trial Advocacy 2-Volume Set
Membership
Mediator Neighborhood Justice Center, Chicago, since 1985. Board directors Evanston Democrats, Illinois, 1984. Member American Bar Association, Society for Values in Higher Education.
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth Griffin, June 7, 1975. Children: Matthew, Elizabeth.
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Roman Catholic