Legal method and writing
By: Charles R. Calleros.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Aspen Law & Business
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 590
Subjects: Legal composition.; Law -- United States -- Methodology.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to writing style: policy, purpose, and audience; title: Overview of the case method of study; title: Common law; title: Legislation; title: The role of precedent: the court system and stare decisis; title: Deductive reasoning and irac-introduction to legal analysis; title: Case briefs; title: Reorganization, summary, and inductive reasoning in outline form; title: Essay examinations; title: Introduction to the Law Library; title: Content of the office memorandum of law; title: Organization of office memoranda and briefs; title: Legal writing style in the office memorandum; title: Presenting, quoting, and citing to authority; title: Advocacy: overview and ethics; title: Developing your legal arguments; title: Expressing your advocacy: persuasive writing style and oral argument; title: Pleadings; title: Motion for summary judgment; title: Motion to exclude evidence before trial; title: Standards of appellate review; title: The brief-effective appellate advocacy; title: Contracts; title: Advice letters; title: Demand letters.