Legal reasoning and legal writing / Richard K. Neumann, Professor of Law, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University; Ellie Margolis, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law; Kathryn M. Stanchi, E.L. Cord Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law.
"This is an introductory text on legal writing and reasoning"--
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Wolters Kluwer,
[2021]
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| Edition: | Ninth edition. |
| Series: | Aspen coursebook series.
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Table of Contents:
- Legal writing and law
- Rule-based reasoning
- Issues, facts, precedents, and statutes
- Predictive writing
- Inside the writing process
- More about writing
- Selecting authority
- Working with statutes
- Working with precedent
- Working with facts
- 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
- Interviewing the client
- Office memoranda
- Email communication
- Oral presentations to your supervising lawyer
- Client advice letters
- Paragraphing
- Effective style
- Quotations
- Introduction to motions and appeals
- Developing a persuasive theory of the case
- Telling your client's story in a statement of the case (or facts)
- Developing persuasive arguments
- Handling the procedural posture
- Motion memoranda
- Appellate practice
- Point headings and subheadings
- Questions presented
- Oral argument.