The legal writing handbook : analysis, research, and writing /
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Author / Creator: | Oates, Laurel Currie, 1951- |
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Edition: | 5th ed. |
Imprint: | Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishers, c2010. |
Description: | xxxvi, 807 p. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8060740 |
Table of Contents:
- Book 1. Introduction
- Chapter 1. Making the Transition
- Chapter 2. The United States Legal System
- Chapter 3. Reading and Analyzing Statutes and Cases
- Book 2. Legal Research
- Chapter 4. Introduction to Legal Research
- Chapter 5. Researching Issues Governed by State Statutes and Regulations
- Chapter 6. Researching Issues Governed by Federal Statutes and Regulations
- Chapter 7. Researching Issues Governed by Common Law
- Chapter 8. Researching Constitutional Issues
- Chapter 9. Researching Issues Governed by County and City Ordinances
- Chapter 10. Using Citators
- Book 3. Objective Memoranda, Opinion Letters, and Email and Text Messages
- Chapter 11. Drafting Memos
- Chapter 12. Drafting Memo 1
- Chapter 13. Drafting Memo 2
- Chapter 14. Drafting Memos Requiring Other Types of Analysis
- Chapter 15. Drafting Opinion Letters
- Chapter 16. Drafting Email and Text Messages
- Book 4. Briefs and Oral Argument
- Chapter 17. Drafting Motion Briefs
- Chapter 18. Drafting Appellate Briefs
- Chapter 19. Making an Effective Oral Argument
- Book 5. A Guide to Effective Writing
- Chapter 20. Effective Writing - The Whole Paper
- Chapter 21. Connections Between Paragraphs
- Chapter 22. Effective Paragraphs
- Chapter 23. Connections Between Sentences
- Chapter 24. Effective Sentences
- Chapter 25. Effective Words
- Chapter 26. Eloquence
- Book 6. A Guide to Correct Writing
- Chapter 27. Grammar
- Chapter 28. Punctuation
- Chapter 29. Mechanics
- Book 7. Legal Writing for English-as-a-Second-Language Writers
- Chapter 30. A Guide to Legal Writing for English-as-a-Second-Language Writers
- Glossary of Usage
- Glossary of Terms
- Index