TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murray,Michael D.
AU  - DeSanctis,Christy Hallam
TI  - Legal research and writing
SN  - 1587788977
AV  - KF 240 .M87 2005
U1  - 340.072/073 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Foundation Press
KW  - Legal research
KW  - United States
KW  - Legal composition
N1  - 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
ER  -