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    <dateIssued>c2007</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xxiv, 406 p. 26 cm. teacher's manual.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Rules and policies -- Sources of law -- Case analysis and case briefs -- Precedent and stare decisis -- Understanding legal rules -- Identifying and selecting issues for analysis -- Common law analysis -- Statutory analysis -- Reaching a conclusion -- Organization -- Describing the law -- Explaining the analysis -- Signposting -- Drafting the discussion -- Revising and editing -- Elements of an office memorandum -- The discussion -- Statement of facts for a memorandum -- Questions presented -- Elements of a brief -- The argument -- Point headings -- Statement of facts for a brief -- Briefs to a trial court -- Briefs to an appellate court.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John C. Dernbach ... [et al.].</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-401) and index.</note>
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