01720nam a2200277Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071020002500086020002200111035002100133040001000154050002300164082001900187100003200206245005100238250001200289260004300301300003000344490002800374505094000402650002901342650004301371830002801414303789OCoLC20200229021018.0101022s2011    nyua          000 0 eng    a2010045176  a9780735585126 (pbk.)  a0735585121 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)671573450  aPUCPR00aKF 250b.C345 201100a808/.066342221 aCalleros, Charles R.2Local10aLegal method and writingcCharles R. Calleros.  a6th ed.  aNew York, NYbAspen Publisherscc2011.  axxx, 613 p.bill.c26 cm.1 aAspen coursebook series0 aIntroduction 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. 0aLegal composition2Local 0aLawzUnited StatesxMethodology.2LEMB 0aAspen coursebook series