A practical guide to appellate advocacy
By: Mary Beth Beazley, Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University
Edition: Fourth edition.
Series: Aspen coursebook series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781454830962
Subjects: Legal briefs; Appellate procedure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Appellate jurisdiction and standards of review; title: Before you write; title: Facing the blank page; title: One piece at a time : drafting the argument; title: Practice pointers : using case authority effectively; title: Seeing what you have written; title: Professionalism : following format rules; title: Special teams : issue statements, statement of the case, summary of the argument, point headings; title: Six degrees of legal writing : making your document reader-friendly and user-friendly; title: Exploiting opportunities for persuasion; title: Polishing; title: Oral argument; title: Moot court competitions.