Legal Writing and Analysis

Name: Legal Writing and Analysis
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ISBN: 9780735598508

ISBN-10: 0735598509

ISBN-13: 9780735598508

Edition: 3rd 2011 (Revised)

Authors: Edwards

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Ideal for beginning legal writers, this logically organized and exceptionallywell-written text offers a concise and straightforward guide to legal writingand analysis. Updated to include exercises with increased focus on first-yearcourses, Legal Writing and Analysis, Second Edition, starts with anoverview of the legal system and the lawyer¿s role, then leads students fromreading and analyzing the law through the process of legal writing, providingnumerous examples and exercises along the way. Classroom-tested featuresof this bestselling text include: a consistent use of the legal methodapproach, from an opening chapter providing an overview of a civil case andthe lawyer¿s role, to…

Book details

List price: $98.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Publication date: 1/13/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Lawyers and the Legal Landscape



Overview of the Lawyer's Role



The Legal System, the Common Law Process, and Kinds of Authority



Reading and Analyzing the Law



Briefing and Synthesizing Cases



Interpreting Statutes



Forms of Legal Reasoning



Writing the Discussion of a Legal Question



The Writing Process and Law-Trained Readers



Large-Scale Organization: Creating an Annotated Outline



Small-Scale Organization: Explaining the Law



Small-Scale Organization: Applying the Law



Discussing Multiple Issues: Putting It All Together



Deepening Your Analysis



Predictive Writing



Writing and Office Memo



Writing Professional Letters



The Shift to Advocacy



Introduction to Brief-Writing



Point Headings



Writing a Fact Statement



Writing a Trial-Level Brief



Writing an Appellate Brief



Using Legal Theory to Sharpen Your Arguments



Style and Formalities



Citations and Quotations



Paragraphs, Sentences, and Style



Oral Advocacy



Oral Argument



Sample Office Memorandum



Sample Trial-Level Brief



Sample Appellate Brief



Sample Letters



Cases


Index