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100 1 $aEdwards, Linda Holdeman,$d1948-
245 10 $aLegal writing :$bprocess, analysis, and organization /$cLinda Holdeman Edwards.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAspen Law & Business,$cc2002.
300 $axxix, 447 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm. +$eteacher's manual.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aFirst Things First -- Who Me? A Writer? -- Predicting versus Persuading--Understanding Your Role -- Analysis and Pliable Authority -- How Lawyers Reason -- Ethics -- Plagiarism -- The Process of Writing Predictively: The Office Memo -- Structuring for Analysis: Outlining the Working Draft -- Outlining a Rule of Law -- Outlining a Rule of Law: Overview -- Common Rule Structures -- Rules Combining Several Structures -- The Importance of Relationships Among Subparts -- A Few Hints About Outlining Rules -- Exercises in Formulating a Rule -- Outlining a Rule to Organize Your Analysis of a Legal Issue -- The Working Draft of Your Legal Analysis -- Using the Rule to Structure a Working Analysis -- Exercises in Outlining a Rule -- Formulating a Rule from a Case Opinion -- The Slippery Task of Formulating a Rule from a Case Opinion -- The Inherited Rule and the Processed Rule -- Tools for Finding New Information About the Rule -- Deciding the Breadth of the Rule You Formulate -- Holding versus Dictum -- Formulating a More Complex Rule -- Formulating a Rule from Multiple Authorities -- The Continuing Search for a Rule -- Comparing the Precedential Value of Each Authority -- Reconciling the Authorities -- Using a Rule to Form the Structure: Special Circumstances -- Rules Within a Rule -- Several Separate Rules with No Umbrella Rule -- Two Rules: One Substantive and One Procedural -- Uncertainty About Which Rule a Jurisdiction Will Adopt -- Exercises in Outlining with More Than One Rule -- Drafting for Analysis: Writing the Working Draft -- Writing the Analysis of a Single Issue: Rule Explanation -- How to Identify a Single-Issue: Rule Explanation -- How to Identify a Single-Issue Discussion -- The Working Draft Organization of a Single Issue: An Overview of the Paradigm for Legal Analysis -- Stating the Issue and Stating the Rule of Law -- General Principles of Rule Explanation -- Ordering Rule Explanation Using a Single Case -- Discerning and Explaining Policy Rationales -- Counter-Analysis -- Writing the Analysis of a Single Issue: Rule Application -- Two Approaches to Writing the Application Section -- Content of the Rule Application Half of the Paradigm -- Analogical and Counter-Analogical Reasoning -- Common Trouble Spots in Rule Application Sections -- Checking Your Draft -- Writing the Analysis of a Single Issue: Organizing and Writing the Discussion of Multiple Authorities -- Organizing Multiple Authorities for an Analysis Primarily Governed by Case Law -- Ordering Authorities for an Analysis Primarily Requiring Statutory Construction -- Writing the Analysis of Multiple Issues -- Writing the Analysis of a Single Rule with Subparts -- Writing the Analysis When You Have No Umbrella Rule -- Variations of the Multi-Issue Paradigm -- An Example -- Converting the Working Draft to an Office Memo -- The Office Memo and the Law-Trained Reader -- Observations About Readers -- An Overview of the Office Memo -- Organizing for Your Reader: The Discussion Section -- Converting Your Working Draft into the Discussion Section -- Completing the Draft of the Office Memo -- Drafting the Heading -- Drafting the Question Presented -- Drafting the Brief Answer -- Drafting the Fact Statement -- Drafting the Conclusion -- Revising to Achieve a Final Draft -- Citations and Quotations -- Citation in Legal Writing -- Citation Form -- Quotations -- Revising for Usage and Style -- Professional Tone and Level of Formality -- Legal Usage and Customs -- Gender-Neutral Writing -- Focus on Strong Subjects and Verbs -- Avoid Wordiness -- The Process of Writing Persuasively: The Brief -- Structuring for Persuasion: Outlining the Working Draft -- Ethics, Judges, and Briefs -- The Ethical Responsibilities of a Brief-Writer -- Judges as Readers -- An Overview of the Brief -- Formulating and Structuring a Favorable Rule -- Formulating a Favorable Rule -- Structuring a Favorable Rule -- Rule Formulation and Structuring in a Responsive or Reply Brief -- Exercises in Formulating and Structuring a Favorable Rule--Ethics and Strategy -- Drafting for Persuasion: Writing the Working Draft -- Drafting Working Headings -- Organizing Arguments Under Working Point Headings -- Identifying and Drafting Working Subheadings -- Identifying and Appropriate Standard of Review -- Writing the Working Draft -- Umbrella Section -- The Paradigm for an Argument -- The Paradigm for a Pure Question of Law -- Persuading Using Policy-Based Reasoning -- Rule Application for Rules with Permissive Subparts: Advanced Techniques -- Citations to the Record -- The Strategy of Counterargument -- Variations on the Paradigm -- Converting the Working Draft to a Brief -- The Argument and the Format of the Brief -- Choosing an Order for the Arguments -- Converting Working Headings to the Brief's Point Headings -- Question Presented -- Formatting the Brief -- The Statement of Facts -- Fact Ethics, Readers, and the Conventions of Fact Statements -- Developing a Theory of the Case and Selecting Facts -- Organization -- Techniques for Persuasion -- Revising to Achieve a Final Draft -- Editing the Brief -- Persuasive Style -- Final Checklist -- Oral Argument -- The Purpose of Oral Argument -- Formalities and Organization of Oral Argument -- The Content of Argument -- Preparation -- Handling Questions from the Bench -- Presentation -- Sample Office Memorandum -- Sample Trial-Level Brief -- Sample Appellate Brief -- Cases Used in the Text's Examples and Exercises -- Coffee System of Atlanta v. Fox -- Goldman v. Kane -- Clein v. Kapiloff -- Wheeler v. White -- Jacobson v. Kamerinsky -- Lucy v. Zehmer -- Barton v. Mitchell Company -- Boulevard Shoppes v. Pro-1 Realty, Inc. -- Hankins v. Smith -- Richards v. Dodge -- Kaplan v. McCabe -- Bermuda Avenue Shopping Center Associates v. Rappaport -- Stinson, Lyons, Gerlin & Bustamante v. Brickell Building 1 Holding Company.
650 0 $aLegal composition.
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