Legal reasoning and legal writing :
Edition statement:6th ed. Published by : Wolters Kluwer Law & Business ; | Aspen Publishers, (Austin : | New York, NY :) Physical details: xxx, 520 p. : forms ; 26 cm. + ISBN:9780735576667 (pbk.); 0735576661 (pbk.); 9780735576674 (pbk. ; teacher's manual).| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Non-fiction | KF250 .N48 2009 (Browse shelf) | Available | 201700078 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An introduction to American law -- Rule-based reasoning -- An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes -- Briefing cases -- The art of legal writing -- The process of writing -- Office memoranda -- Initially obtaining the facts: client interviewing -- Predictive writing -- A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law -- Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application -- Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law -- Working with the paradigm -- Selecting authority -- Working with precedent -- Working with statutes -- Working with facts -- Paragraphing -- Effective style -- Citations and quotations -- Client advice letters -- Demand letters -- How to write exam answers -- Developing a persuasive theory -- Developing persuasive arguments -- Handling the procedural posture -- Motion memoranda -- Point headings and sub-headings -- Statements of the case -- Questions presented -- Appellate practice -- Appellate briefs -- Writing the appellate brief -- Oral argument.
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