The legal writing handbook : analysis, research, and writing /

The legal writing handbook : analysis, research, and writing /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Oates, Laurel Currie, 1951-
Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Frederick, MD : Aspen Publishers, c2010.
Description:xxxvi, 807 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Legal composition.
Legal research -- United States.
Legal composition.
Legal research.
United States.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8060740
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Other authors / contributors:Enquist, Anne, 1950-
ISBN:9780735585164
0735585164
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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

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