Case analysis and fundamentals of legal writing /
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Author / Creator: | Statsky, William P. |
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Edition: | 3rd ed. |
Imprint: | St. Paul : West Pub. Co., c1989. |
Description: | xv, 424 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Legal research -- United States Legal composition Briefs -- United States. Legal briefs. Legal composition. Legal research. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/925463 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. How to Brief an Opinion
- Introduction to Court Opinions and the Legal System
- Introduction to Briefing
- Identifying the Parties
- Identifying the Objectives and Theories of the Parties
- Identifying the History of the Litigation.
- Introduction to Identifying Key Facts
- Identifying Issues and Holdings
- Identifying the Reasoning
- Dictum, Disposition, and Commentary on an Opinion
- A Composite Brief
- Part II. The Application of Court Opinions
- Fact Comparison in the Application of Case Law
- Fact Similarities, Fact Differences, and Fact Gaps
- Rule-of-Law Comparison
- Factors Determining the Length and Comprehensiveness of Case Analysis
- Primary and Secondary Authority: Their use and Abuse in legal Writing
- Using and Abusing Legislative History in Legal Writing
- Writing the Memorandum of Law
- Letter Writing and Case Analysis
- The Appelatte Brief
- Clarity in Legal Writing
- Appendices
- Opinions to be Used for Some of the Assignments
- Suggested Responses to the Practice Assignments
- Overview of Civil and Criminal Litigation
- Citations in Legal Writing
- Quotation Marks, Brackets, and Ellipsis Dots
- Usage Rules and Guidelines From A to Z
- Proofreader's Marks
- Glossary
- Index