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Legal writing : process, analysis, and organization / Linda H. Edwards.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, Inc., c2006.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxix, 435 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0735556563 (pbk.)
  • 9780735556560 (pbk.)
  • 0735556571 (teacher's manual)
  • 9780735556577 (teacher's manual)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808/.06634 22
LOC classification:
  • KF250 E38 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
First things first -- Outlining a rule of law -- Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue -- Formulating a rule from a case opinion -- Formulating a rule from multiple authorities -- Using a rule to form the structure: special circumstances -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule explanation -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule application -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities -- Writing the analysis of multiple issues -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader: the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF250 E38 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000053978

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First things first -- Outlining a rule of law -- Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue -- Formulating a rule from a case opinion -- Formulating a rule from multiple authorities -- Using a rule to form the structure: special circumstances -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule explanation -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: rule application -- Writing the analysis of a single issue: organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities -- Writing the analysis of multiple issues -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader: the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.

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