Evidently, the Vatican is concerned that the LCWR has not been forthcoming about the mag is ter i urn's teachings regarding the ordination of women, the relation of the Catholic Church to non-Christian religions, and the "intrinsically disordered" nature of homosexual acts. The Vatican's visitation - conducted under the auspices of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL) - does not assess the "quality of life" of cloistered orders of Carmelites, Benedictines, Dominicans, or other communities devoted to the monastic contemplative life. Rather, the visitation exclusively targets active women religious whose centers and houses of formation are in the United States - women educated here and trained for religious life here, women who wo...
Of everything that goes into being a trial lawyer, nothing is more difficult, more subtle or more challenging than cross- examination. Writing about cross-examination is a little bit like writing about golf. Reading an article by Tiger Woods on the fundamentals of the swing is unlikely to result in a lower handicap. But, if you take what you learn to the practice tee, hit those countless practice balls, and then apply these new skills on the course, your score will gradually come down.
The best cross-examinations successfully bring together three elements: control, content, and tone.3 Control is achieved through the use of tightly worded leading questions that place the advocate at center stage.4 Short, single idea statements intended to provoke "yes" answers from the witness, ensure maximum control.5 Content, always tied to the counsel's theme and theory of the case, has some flexibility but never wanders off into uncharted territory.6 The key is to organize the crossexamination into "attack points" which are "concise statements that characterize a significant element of the argument" to be made about the witness during closing argument.7 Finally, the tone of the examination should be confident, polite and nonthreatening.8 "S+S=C" and Cross-Examination To be able to ...
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