Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (July 15, 2021) © 2018

  • Joanne B. Hames
  • Yvonne Ekern

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ISBN-13: 9780137407972
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
Published 2021

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Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
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  1. Introduction to Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis
  2. The Starting Point: Analyzing Facts and Identifying Legal Issues
  3. Finding and Analyzing Case Law
  4. How To Read and Summarize a Case Law Decision
  5. Constitutions, Statutes, and Administrative Regulations
  6. Statutory and Constitutional Analysis
  7. Secondary Sources
  8. Digests
  9. Validating Your Research: Using Shepard's, KeyCite, and Other Citators
  10. Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR): Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law
  11. Computer-Assisted Legal Research (CALR): The Freely Accessible Internet
  12. Basic Legal Writing Skills
  13. The Memorandum of Law: Predictive Legal Writing
  14. Writing to the Court: Persuasive Writing
  15. Motion Practice: Research and Writing Issues
  16. Legal Correspondence

Appendices
A. Research Case Files
B. Research and Writing Problems Based on Short Stated Fact Patterns
C. Legal Citation
D. Research Strategies: An Overview
E. Case Briefing Practice
F. Supplemental Cases
G. Answer Key to "Test Yourself"
H. U.S. Court System

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