01879nam a2200289Ia 4500 303795 OCoLC 20200229021018.0 110406s2011 nyu 001 0 eng 2011014576 9780735597303 0735597308 (OCoLC)711959946 PUCPR cicg KF 250 .L398 2011 808/.06634 22 Legal writing examples & explanations Terrill Pollman ... [et al.]. New York Wolters Kluwer Law & Business c2011. 1106 p. cm. Includes index. How to use this book -- Transitioning to legal writing -- Overview : office memos -- Choosing authority -- Interpreting statutes -- Organizing the discussion -- Constructing a rule -- Stating and explaining the rule -- Applying the law : fact-based analysis -- Applying the law : analogical analysis -- Appling the law : policy analysis -- Writing the introduction to the discussion (or argument) -- Writing the question presented (objective) -- Writing the brief answer -- Writing the facts -- Overview : motions and briefs -- Handling standards of review -- Developing a theory of the case and themes -- Writing point headings and subheadings -- Making persuasive arguments -- Making persuasive counterarguments -- Writing the summary of the argument -- Writing a persuasive fact statement -- Writing the question presented (persuasive) -- Overview to Part IV : revising & rewriting -- Fixing awkward sentence structure -- Starting paragraphs powerfully -- Writing concisely to stay within the word count or page limit -- Bringing it together : transitions and coherence. Legal composition Local 124490 Law United States Language. LEMB 150 Pollman, Terrill 1948- 265118 Local 222442 222442 0 0 lc 0 KF_250_000000000000000__L398_2011 0 cil 62120 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Aspen 47.95 483830 0 KF 250 .L398 2011 70000000890117 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:303795 6