Whether it is used in court, as a method of cross examination during ones testimony etc? I know it is used to draw out insights in therapy as well as a form of teaching students, but I was curious if socratic Q? is often used by attorneys, or is there another method (name unknown) that they use?
2007-08-22 18:57:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No it isn't. The Socratic Method is a teaching or learning style. It is totally unrelated to any method of interrogation.
It works like this Instead of the teacher telling you something he asks a leading rhetorical question that you are supposed to consider and reach your own conclusion about.
This is whole unrelated to a situation where someone is asking you a question and they actually want to know what your answer is.
2007-08-22 19:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Eddie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally, no.
The way my trial practice professor phrased it --
direct examination = lawyer asks, witness testifies
cross examination = lawyer testifies, witness squirms
Basically, on cross, the lawyer tends to use lots of leading questions to do as much of the information providing as possible (within the evidentiary bounds allowed), and the witness is generally relegated to either confirming or attempting to deny what the lawyer is saying.
Socratic method is great for dialog -- cross is not dialog.
2007-08-23 02:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SQ can be a tool for interrogation.
2007-08-23 02:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by bobanalyst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋