000 01812nam a2200325Ia 4500
001 303790
003 OCoLC
005 20200229021018.0
008 101022s2011 nyuab 001 0 eng
010 _a2010045177
020 _a9780735598508 (pbk.)
020 _a0735598509 (pbk.)
035 _a(OCoLC)671573451
040 _aPUCPR
049 _acicg
050 0 0 _aKF 250
_b.E378 2011
082 0 0 _a808/.06634
_222
100 1 _aEdwards, Linda Holdeman
_990622
_2Local
245 1 0 _aLegal writing and analysis
_cLinda H. Edwards.
250 _a3rd ed.
260 _aNew York
_bAspen Publishers
_bWolters Kluwer Law & Business
_cc2011.
300 _axix, 356 p.
_bill., 1 map
_c26 cm.
490 1 _aAspen coursebook series
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aOverview of the lawyer's role -- The legal system, the common law process, and kinds of authority -- Briefing and synthesizing cases -- Interpreting statutes -- Forms of legal reasoning -- The writing process and law-trained readers -- Large-scale organization : creating an annotated outline -- Small-scale organization : explaining the law -- Small-scale organization : applying the law -- Discussing multiple issues : putting it all together -- Deepening your analysis -- Writing an office memo -- Writing professional letters -- Introduction to brief-writing -- Questions presented and point headings -- Writing the argument section -- Standards of review -- Writing a fact statement -- Using legal theory to sharpen your arguments -- Citations and quotations -- Paragraphs, sentences, and style -- Oral argument.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aLegal composition
_2Local
_9124490
650 0 _aLegal briefs
_zUnited States.
_9124488
_2Local
830 0 _aAspen coursebook series
999 _c222437
_d222437