TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neumann,Richard K.
TI  - Legal reasoning and legal writing: structure, strategy, and style 
SN  - 9780735576667 (pbk.)
AV  - KF250 .N48 2009
U1  - 808.06634NEU 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Austin, New York, NY
PB  - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Aspen Publishers
KW  - Legal composition
KW  - Trial practice
KW  - United States
KW  - Law
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to American law -- Rule-based reasoning -- An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes -- Briefing cases -- The art of legal writing -- The process of writing -- Office memoranda -- Initially obtaining the facts: client interviewing -- Predictive writing -- A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law -- Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application -- Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law -- Working with the paradigm -- Selecting authority -- Working with precedent -- Working with statutes -- Working with facts -- Paragraphing -- Effective style -- Citations and quotations -- Client advice letters -- Demand letters -- How to write exam answers -- Developing a persuasive theory -- Developing persuasive arguments -- Handling the procedural posture -- Motion memoranda -- Point headings and sub-headings -- Statements of the case -- Questions presented -- Appellate practice -- Appellate briefs -- Writing the appellate brief -- Oral argument
ER  -