Legal method and writing Charles R. Calleros.
Series Aspen coursebook seriesDetalles de publicación: New York, NY Aspen Publishers c2011.Edición: 6th edDescripción: xxx, 613 p. ill. 26 cmISBN:- 9780735585126 (pbk.)
- 0735585121 (pbk.)
- 808/.06634 22
- KF 250 .C345 2011
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Known and respected for its broad coverage and sharp focus on the needs of first-year law students, LEGAL METHOD AND WRITING has been fine tuned and updated for its Sixth Edition. This sophisticated yet accessible book: takes a comprehensive and practical approach to teaching writing and analysis skills anchors basic skills to familiar examples -- many drawn from contracts and torts -- and ties them to interesting cases covers different types of legal writing, including writing in law school, writing in the law office, advocacy writing, appellate brief, pretrial advocacy, and writing to parties, as well as pleadings, motions, contracts, letters, case briefs, course outlines, and examination essay answers is highly regarded for its effectiveness in teaching students to apply legal reasoning skills to professional writing tasks includes multicultural issues in problems and examples gives students an opportunity to sharpen their skills through practical exercises Be sure to notice that the Fifth Edition features: discussion of new developments and new examples to refine and improve existing material, skillful editing of assignments in the appendices and the coverage of exam writing to control the length of the book, updated citation coverage to correspond to the new editions of the Bluebook and ALWD
Introduction to writing style : policy, purpose, and audience -- Overview of the case method of study -- Common law -- Legislation -- The role of precedent : the court system and stare decisis -- Deductive reasoning and IRAC-introduction to legal analysis -- Case briefs -- Reorganization, summary, and inductive reasoning in outline form -- Essay examinations -- Introduction to the law library -- Content of the office memorandum of law -- Organization of office memoranda and briefs -- Legal writing style in the office memorandum -- Presenting, quoting, and citing to authority -- Advocacy : overview and ethics -- Developing your legal arguments -- Expressing your advocacy : persuasive writing style and oral argument -- Pleadings -- Motion for summary judgment -- Motion to exclude evidence before trial -- Standards of appellate review -- The brief-effective appellate advocacy -- Contracts -- Advice letters -- Demand letters.
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- Part I Law School--Getting Started
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Writing Style: Policy, Purpose, and Audience
- Chapter 2 Overview of the Case Method of Study
- Part II Introduction to the Legal System
- Chapter 3 Common Law
- Chapter 4 Legislation
- Part III Legal Method and Analysis
- Chapter 5 The Role of Precedent: The Court System and Stare Decisis
- Chapter 6 Deductive Reasoning and IRAC--Introduction to Legal Analysis
- Part IV Stepping Stones to Legal Memoranda--Case Briefs, Outlines, and Essay Exams
- Chapter 7 Case Briefs
- Chapter 8 Reorganization, Summary, and Inductive Reasoning in Outline Form
- Chapter 9 Essay Examinations
- Part V Neutral Analysis--The Office Memorandum of Law
- Chapter 10 Introduction to the Law Library
- Chapter 11 Content of the Office Memorandum of Law
- Chapter 12 Organization of Office Memoranda and Briefs
- Chapter 13 Legal Writing Style in the Office Memorandum
- Chapter 14 Presenting, Quoting, and Citing to Authority
- Part VI Introduction to Advocacy
- Chapter 15 Advocacy: Overview and Ethics
- Chapter 16 Developing Your Legal Arguments
- Chapter 17 Expressing Your Advocacy: Persuasive Writing Style and Oral Argument
- Part VII Appellate Briefs
- Chapter 18 Standards of Appellate Review
- Chapter 19 The Brief--Effective Appellate Advocacy
- Part VIII Pretrial Advocacy--Pleadings and Motions
- Chapter 20 Pleadings
- Chapter 21 Motion for Summary Judgment
- Chapter 22 Motion to Exclude Evidence Before Trial
- Part IX Writing to Parties: Contracts and Correspondence
- Chapter 23 Contracts
- Chapter 24 Advice Letters
- Chapter 25 Demand Letters