A practical guide to legal writing and legal method
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York:
Aspen Publishers,
2010.
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Rules and policies
- Sources of law
- Case analysis and case briefs
- Precedent and stare decisis
- Understanding legal rules
- Identifying and selecting issues for analysis
- Common law analysis
- Statutory analysis
- Reaching a conclusion
- Organization
- Describing the law
- Explaining the analysis
- Signposting
- Drafting the discussion
- Revising and editing
- Elements of an office memorandum
- The discussion
- Statement of facts for a memorandum
- Questions presented
- Opinion letters
- Elements of a brief
- Structure of an argument
- Persuasive writing
- Point headings
- Statement of facts for a brief
- Briefs to a trial court
- Briefs to an appellate court