Legal writing : process, analysis, and organization / Linda H. Edwards.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, Inc., c2006Edition: 4th edDescription: xxix, 435 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + teacher's manualISBN: 0735556563 (pbk.); 9780735556560 (pbk.); 0735556571 (teacher's manual)Subject(s): Legal composition | LawDDC classification: 808.06634EDW LOC classification: KF250 | .E38 2006Online resources: Table of contents onlyItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Law Faculty Library
Faculty of Law Library |
NFIC | 808.06634EDW (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 29360 |
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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