Legal reasoning and legal writing
Subtitle: structure, strategy, and style
By: Richard K. Neumann, Jr.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780735576667
Subjects: Legal composition; Trial practice -- United States; Law -- United States -- Methodology
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to American law; title: Rule-based reasoning; title: An introduction to judicial decisions and statutes; title: Brie.ng cases; title: The art of legal writing; title: The process of writing; title: Of.ce memoranda; title: Initially obtaining the facts: client interviewing; title: Predictive writing; title: A paradigm for organizing proof of a conclusion of law; title: Varying the depth of rule proof and rule application; title: Combining proofs of separate conclusions of law; title: Working with the paradigm; title: Selecting authority; title: Working with precedent; title: Working with statutes; title: Working with facts; title: Paragraphing; title: Effective style; title: Citations and quotations; title: Client advice letters; title: Demand letters; title: How to write exam answers; title: Developing a persuasive theory; title: Developing persuasive arguments; title: Handling the procedural posture; title: Motion memoranda; title: Point headings and sub-headings; title: Statements of the case; title: Questions presented; title: Appellate practice; title: Appellate briefs; title: Writing the appellate brief; title: Oral argument.