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Author / Creator:Murray, Michael D., 1965-
Imprint:New York : Foundation Press, 2005.
Description:xxix, 682 pages ; 26 cm
Language:English
Subject:Legal research -- United States.
Legal composition.
Droit -- Recherche documentaire -- États-Unis.
Rédaction juridique.
Legal composition.
Legal research.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5721586
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Other authors / contributors:DeSanctis, Christy Hallam.
ISBN:1587788977
9781587788970
1587789000
9781587789007
1587789809
9781587789809
Notes:Accompanied by: Problems and exercises (155 p. ; 28 cm.).
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction 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
  • Apellate briefs
  • Oral advocacy at pretrial, trial and appellate stages
  • Strategies for moot court and beyond.