Calleros, Charles R. creator text nyu New York, NY Aspen Publishers c2011 2011 6th ed. monographic eng

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xxx, 613 p. ill. 26 cm. 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. Charles R. Calleros. Legal composition Law United States Methodology KF 250 .C345 2011 808/.06634 9780735585126 (pbk.) 0735585121 (pbk.) 2010045176 PUCPR 101022 20200229021018.0 303789