02959cam a2200481 a 4500 279236 279236 ocm61278189 OCoLC 20190301102734.0 050916s2005 nyu b 000 0 eng d 2005282246 1587788977 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9781587788970 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1587789000 (Problems and exercises ; alk. paper) 9781587789007 (Problems and exercises ; alk. paper) 1587789809 (Faculty manual ; alk. paper) 9781587789809 (Faculty manual ; alk. paper) AU@ 000028609104 NZ1 10516617 NZ1 14857315 YDXCP 2187185 (OCoLC)61278189 (OCoLC)61279213 (OCoLC)61349186 PUCPR eng DLC rda cicg KF 240 .M87 2005 340.072/073 22 Murray, Michael D., 1965- Legal research and writing / Michael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis. New York : Foundation Press, 2005. xxix, 682 pages ; 26 cm + Faculty manual text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Accompanied by: Problems and exercises (155 p. ; 28 cm.). Faculty manual Includes bibliographical references. Introduction 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 -- Apellate briefs -- Oral advocacy at pretrial, trial and appellate stages -- Strategies for moot court and beyond. Legal research United States. Legal composition. Legal composition. Legal research. United States. DeSanctis, Christy Hallam. lcc 6 0 0 lcc 0 0 7 7 4 2018-05-29 Donación Lcda. Padua 0.00 0 KF 240 .M87 2005 70000000904324 2019-03-01 00:00:00 Faculty manual 2019-03-01 6