process, analysis, and organization Edwards, Linda Holdeman creator text bibliography nyu New York, NY Aspen Publishers, Inc. c2006 2006 4th ed. monographic eng

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xxix, 435 p. ill. 26 cm. 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. Linda H. Edwards. Includes bibliographical references and index. Legal composition KF 250 .E38 2006 808/.06634 0735556563 2006004380 PUCPR 060626 20200229021017.0 278376