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Legal writing : process, analysis, & organization / Linda H. Edwards, Professor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Author
Edwards, Linda Holdeman, 1948-
Published
New York : Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, [2014]
Edition
Sixth edition.
Physical Description
xxvii, 447 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm.

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Contents
First things first -- Outlining a rule of law -- Outlining a rule to organize your analysis of a legal issue -- Formulating a rule from a case opinion -- Formulating a rule from multiple authorities -- Using a rule to form the structure : special circumstances -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule explanation -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : rule application -- Writing the analysis of a single issue : organizing and writing the discussion of multiple authorities -- Writing the Analysis of Multiple Issues -- The office memo and the law-trained reader -- Organizing for your reader : the discussion section -- Completing the draft of the office memo -- Citations and quotations -- Revising for usage and style -- Writing professional letters -- Ethics, judges, and briefs -- Formulating and structuring a favorable rule -- Drafting working headings -- Writing the working draft -- The argument and the format of the brief -- The statement of facts -- Editing the brief -- Oral argument.
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ISBN
9781454841548 (pbk.)
1454841540 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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