02621cam a2200337Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019008004100036020001500077020001800092035003900110040004200149043001200191050002200203100003100225245008200256260004100338300003000379336002600409337002800435338002700463504005100490505145900541650003502000650002302035650002302058650002002081651001902101700003102120776013202151ocn164896670OCoLC20161102125422.0070816s2006    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a1587788977  a9781587788970  a(OCoLC)164896670z(OCoLC)144412962  aTHLbengcTHLdFJQdAG#dOCLCFdOCLCQ  an-us--- 4aKF 240b.M87 20061 aMurray, Michael D.,d1965-10aLegal research and writing /cMichael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis.  aNew York :bFoundation Press,c2006.  axxix, 700 pages ;c26 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction to the process of law -- Rules of law and legal reasoning -- The life of a case, state and federal court systems, and jurisdiction -- Determining the rule from a single case or other authority -- Determining the applicable rule through statutory interpretation and analysis of multiple authorities -- Organization of legal writing -- The office memorandum and the client letter -- Editing and fine-tuning your writing -- Legal citation -- Introduction to legal research and printed sources of the law -- Federal and state reporters of cases -- Case finders and verification sources: digests, annotated law reports, and Shepard's citations -- Secondary sources of the law: encyclopedias, treatises, law reviews, and periodicals -- Court rules, local rules, and loose-leaf services -- Constitutions and federal, state, and municipal legislation -- Legislative history -- Federal regulatory and administrative law -- Computer assisted legal research -- Strategies for research and determining when you are finished -- Adversarial legal writing -- Pretrial motions -- Motions to dismiss -- Motions for summary judgment -- Appellate advocacy: appeals, writs, standards of review -- Appellate briefs -- Oral advocacy at pretrial, trial and appellate stages -- Strategies for moot court and beyond -- Appendixes. A. Preparing a case brief or case analysis for class ; B. Common errors in grammar and punctuation ; C. Preparing for and taking exams. 0aLegal researchzUnited States. 0aLegal composition. 7aLegal composition. 7aLegal research. 7aUnited States.1 aDeSanctis, Christy Hallam.08iOnline version:aMurray, Michael D., 1965-tLegal research and writing.dNew York : Foundation Press, �2006w(OCoLC)755189042