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001			ocn164896670
003			OCoLC
005			20161102125422.0
008			070816s2006 nyu b 001 0 eng d
020			_a1587788977
020			_a9781587788970
035			_a(OCoLC)164896670 _z(OCoLC)144412962
040			_aTHL _beng _cTHL _dFJQ _dAG# _dOCLCF _dOCLCQ
043			_an-us---
049			_acicg
050		4	_aKF 240 _b.M87 2006
100	1		_aMurray, Michael D., _d1965-
245	1	0	_aLegal research and writing / _cMichael D. Murray and Christy Hallam DeSanctis.
260			_aNew York : _bFoundation Press, _c2006.
300			_axxix, 700 pages ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
650		0	_aLegal research _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLegal composition.
650		7	_aLegal composition.
650		7	_aLegal research.
651		7	_aUnited States.
700	1		_aDeSanctis, Christy Hallam.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMurray, Michael D., 1965- _tLegal research and writing. _dNew York : Foundation Press, �2006 _w(OCoLC)755189042
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