Legal argument
Subtitle: the structure and language of effective advocacy
By: James A. Gardner.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender; LexisNexis
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781422418208
Subjects: Trial practice -- United States; Communication in law -- United States
Table of contents: title: The syllogism model; title: Determining your conclusion from your position; title: Building the premises; title: Grounding the premises; title: The major premise; title: The minor premise; title: Summary of the method; title: Building a complete argument; title: Introduction to writing arguments; title: Writing a legal argument; title: Common problems of written legal advocacy and how to avoid them; title: Special problems of legal advocacy; title: Responding to arguments; title: Common tactics and rhetorical techniques of effective written advocacy; title: Professionalism in advocacy; title: The ethical limits of argument.