02110nam a2200349Ia 4500 211190 211190 291311 OCoLC 20200829062645.0 090123s2009 txuk b 001 0 eng 2009003050 9780735576667 (pbk.) 0735576661 (pbk.) (OCoLC)300031178 PUCPR spa rda cicg KF 250 .N48 2009 808/.06634 22 Neumann, Richard K. 1947- 142211 Legal reasoning and legal writing : structure, strategy, and style / Richard K. Neumann, Jr. 6th ed. Austin : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, New York, NY : Aspen Publishers, 2009. xxx, 520 p. : forms ; 26 cm. rdacontent txt rdamedia n rdacarrier nc 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. Legal composition Local 124490 Law United States Methodology. 150 Trial practice United States. 181455 lcc 6 0 0 lc 0 0 cirs 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Aspen 75.00 435204 0 KF 250 .N48 2009 70000000882352 2016-05-27 00:00:00 c. 2 10 0 0 lc 0 0 cirs 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Aspen 75.00 435203 0 KF 250 .N48 2009 70000000882351 2016-05-27 00:00:00 c. 1 10 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2018-06-04 Donación Lcda. Padua 0.00 0 KF 250 .N48 2009 70000000903092 2018-06-11 00:00:00 c. 3 2018-06-11 6